Nematode-induced genes in tomato

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides nucleic sequences from genes which are preferentially expressed in feeding site cells. These sequences can be used to produce transgenic plants resistant to nematode infection.

This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. 89-37263-4355 awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Government has certain rights in this invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to methods and nucleic acid compositions for the production of transgenic plants resistant to nematodes. In particular, it relates to nematode-resistant transgenic plants comprising sequences from nematode-induced genes.

Plant parasitic nematodes significantly affect the productive capability of the world's farmlands. They reduce the yield of the world's forty major food staples and cash crops by an average of 12.3%, with losses substantially higher for some commodities (e.g., 20.6% for tomato). In the U.S. the reduced yields cause losses of $5.8 billion annually.

Especially significant in terms of crop losses are the sedentary endoparasites, cyst nematodes (Globodera spp. and Heterodera spp.) and root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.). Cyst nematodes generally infect potatoes, soybeans, sugar beets, and wheat. Root-knot nematodes affect over 2,000 species of plants, including most of the major crops in the world.

Root-knot nematodes and cyst nematodes have similar life-cycles. Infection occurs after larvae hatch in the soil, invade the root and migrate intercellularly to the developing vascular cylinder where permanent feeding sites are established. Mature feeding sites are characterized by the presence of multinucleate cells, termed "giant cells" in root-knot nematode infections and "syncytia" in cyst nematode infections. These large, avacuolate cells with extensively remodeled cell walls are metabolically active and serve as the obligate nutritive source for the developing nematode. Giant cell formation, coupled with limited proliferation of nearby pericycle and cortical cells results in the characteristic root-knot gall.

Today, nematode infections are controlled primarily using chemical nematicides. These compounds are generally very toxic and have been suspected of causing environmental damage. These concerns have prompted efforts to find other methods of controlling nematodes in economically important crop plants. The present invention addresses these and other needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides isolated polynucleotides isolated from nematode-induced genes. In particular, the sequences of the invention are capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. ID. No. 1 through SEQ. ID. No. 18, SEQ. ID. No. 20 through SEQ. ID. No. 33. SEQ. ID. No. 35 through SEQ. ID. No. 45, and SEQ. ID. No. 47 through SEQ. ID. No. 109. The nematode-induced genes of the invention may be used to provide nematode-responsive promoters in expression cassettes for expression of polypeptides that inhibit infection by nematodes, such as root knot nematodes. A number of polypeptides may be encoded. For instance, the polypeptides may inhibit signal transduction associated with feeding cell formation, they may be antibodies, they may elicit a defense response against plant pathogens, or they may be toxic to plant cells or nematodes.

The expression cassettes may also comprise the nematode-responsive promoter operably linked to polynucleotide which inhibits expression of a nematode-induced gene. In these embodiments, the polynucleotide is typically linked to the promoter in an antisense orientation. The polynucleotide can also be used to transcribe a ribozyme.

The invention further provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants comprising the expression cassettes described above. Methods for conferring nematode resistance on plants are also provided.

Definitions

The term "antisense orientation" refers to the orientation of nucleic acid sequence from a structural gene that is inserted in an expression cassette in an inverted manner with respect to its naturally occurring orientation. When the sequence is double stranded, the strand that is the template strand in the naturally occurring orientation becomes the coding strand, and vice versa.

The term "expression" refers to the transcription and translation of a structural gene so that a protein is synthesized.

A "feeding site cell" is an enlarged cell in a plant root which is induced in response to nematode infection and provides nourishment to the developing nematode. Feeding site cells arising in response to root-knot nematode infections are termed giant cells, while those arising in response to cyst nematode infections are termed syncytia.

A "nematode-induced" gene is one which is preferentially expressed in feeding site cells as compared to surrounding normal root tissue. The gene may be one which is normally expressed in other plant tissues (e.g., leaf, cotyledon, apex, or hypocotyl) and is up-regulated in feeding site cells. Alternatively, the gene may be one that is not normally expressed in other plant tissues, but is expressed only in response to nematode infection.

A "nematode-responsive" promoter is one which drives expression of an operably linked polynucleotide sequence substantially only in feeding site cells. One of skill will recognize that control of gene expression is not always complete and that a nematode-responsive promoter may also drive expression to a small extent in cells other than feeding site cells. Thus, a promoter is considered to be nematode responsive if the level of expression, if any, of the operably linked polynucleotide sequence in cells other than feeding site cells is not sufficient to effectively disrupt cellular function. Thus, for example, if the sequence encodes a protein toxic to plant cells, plant cells other than feeding site cells are not adversely affected by the presence of a construct comprising the promoter and the structural gene because the toxic protein is not present in an amount sufficient to effectively disrupt cellular function.

"Nucleic acids" and "polynucleotides", as used herein, may be DNA or RNA. One of skill will recognize that the sequences from nematode-induced genes used in the methods of the invention need not be identical and may be substantially identical (as defined below) to sequences disclosed here. In particular, where a polynucleotide sequence is transcribed and translated to produce a functional polypeptide, one of skill will recognize that because of codon degeneracy a number of polynucleotide sequences will encode the same polypeptide. Similarly, because amino acid residues share properties with other residues, conservative substitutions of amino acids within a polypeptide may lead to distinct polypeptides with similar or identical function.

The term "operably linked" refers to functional linkage between a promoter and a second sequence, wherein the promoter sequence initiates transcription of RNA corresponding to the second sequence.

"Percentage of sequence identity" for polynucleotides and polypeptides is determined by comparing two optimally aligned sequences over a comparison window, wherein the portion of the polynucleotide or polypeptide sequence in the comparison window may comprise additions or deletions (i.e., gaps) as compared to the reference sequence (which does not comprise additions or deletions) for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The percentage is calculated by determining the number of positions at which the identical nucleic acid base or amino acid residue occurs in both sequences to yield the number of matched positions, dividing the number of matched positions by the total number of positions in the window of comparison and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage of sequence identity. Optimal alignment of sequences for comparison may be conducted by computerized implementations of known algorithms (e.g., GAP, BESTFIT, FASTA, and TFASTA in the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), 575 Science Dr., Madison, Wis., or BlastN and BlastX available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information), or by inspection. Sequences are typically compared using either BlastN or BlastX with default parameters.

Substantial identity of polynucleotide sequences means that a polynucleotide comprises a sequence that has at least 75% sequence identity, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% and most preferably at least 95%, Typically, two polypeptides are considered to be substantially identical if at least 40%, preferably at least 60%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95 % are identical or conservative substitutions. Sequences are preferably compared to a reference sequence using GAP using default parameters.

Polypeptides which are "substantially similar" share sequences as noted above except that residue positions which are not identical may differ by conservative amino acid changes. Conservative amino acid substitutions refer to the interchangeability of residues having similar side chains. For example, a group of amino acids having aliphatic side chains is glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine; a group of amino acids having aliphatic-hydroxyl side chains is serine and threonine; a group of amino acids having amide-containing side chains is asparagine and glutamine; a group of amino acids having aromatic side chains is phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan; a group of amino acids having basic side chains is lysine, arginine, and histidine; and a group of amino acids having sulfur-containing side chains is cysteine and methionine. Preferred conservative amino acids substitution groups are: valine-leucine-isoleucine, phenylalanine-tyrosine, lysine-arginine, alanine-valine, and asparagine-glutamine.

Another indication that polynucleotide sequences are substantially identical is if two molecules selectively hybridize to each other under stringent conditions. Stringent conditions are sequence dependent and will be different in different circumstances. Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. The Tm is the temperature (under defined ionic strength and pH) at which 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. Typically stringent conditions for a Southern blot protocol involve washing at 65° C. with 0.2XSSC.

The term "plant" includes whole plants, plant organs (e.g., leaves, stems, roots, etc.), seeds and plant cells. The class of plants which can be used in the method of the invention is generally as broad as the class of higher plants amenable to transformation techniques, including both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. It includes plants of a variety of ploidy levels, including polyploid, diploid and haploid.

A "polypeptide which inhibits nematode infection" is any polypeptide which when present in a cell infected by a nematode prevents formation of a feeding cell and/or development of the nematode. Polypeptides which have this property can act by killing or disabling the infected cell or the nematode itself. Alternatively, the polypeptide may inhibit the activity of proteins and other compounds necessary for feeding cell development. A number of polypeptides which inhibit nematode infection are described below.

The term "promoter" refers to a region of DNA upstream from the structural gene and involved in recognition and binding RNA polymerase and other proteins to initiate transcription. A "plant promoter" is a promoter capable of initiating transcription in plant cells.

The phrase "selectively hybridizing to", refers to a hybridization between a probe and a target sequence in which the probe binds substantially only to the target sequence when the target is in a heterogeneous mixture of polynucleotides and other compounds. Such hybridization is determinative of the presence of the target sequence. Although the probe may bind other unrelated sequences, at least 90%, preferably 95% or more of the hybridization complexes formed are with the target sequence.

The phrase "substantially pure" or "isolated" when referring to a polynucleotide or protein, means a chemical composition which is free of other subcellular components of the organism from which it is derived, e.g., tomato plants. Typically, a compound is substantially pure when at least about 85% or more of a sample exhibits a single polypeptide backbone, or polynucleotide sequence. Minor variants or chemical modifications may typically share the same polypeptide sequence. Depending on the purification procedure, purities of 85%, and preferably over 95% pure are possible. Nucleic acid and protein purity or homogeneity may be indicated by a number of means well known in the art, such as gel electrophoresis and the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram outlining the strategy used to construct the cDNA library enriched for nematode-induced sequences.

FIG. 2 shows the carboxyl terminus domain (CTD) of the deduced DB#117 gene product, aligned to show the heptamer repeat. The asterisk represents the carboxy terminus. In bold below is the canonical heptamer repeat for the CTD of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II.

FIG. 3 shows the deduced DB#280 gene sequence (bold) aligned with Myb sequences from Petunia, moss, the snapdragon 315 and 308 genes, barley, Arabidopsis, maize, Drosophila, and human. Database accession numbers are in brackets. Identical amino acids are indicated, + represents conservative substitutions. None of the sequences have gaps.

FIG. 4 shows alignment of the DB#226 sequence with the 3'UTR of the tobacco (Nicotiana plumbaginiflora) pma-4 gene, which encodes a plasmalemma proton ATPase.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The invention provides nucleic acid sequences from genes which are preferentially expressed in feeding site cells. These sequences can be used to produce transgenic plants resistant to nematode infection.

Although feeding site cells, such as giant cells, share features with other plant cells, notably transfer cells, they are a novel cell type, and presumably arise by a pattern of gene expression different from that in other plant cells. It has previously been speculated that gene expression in giant cells might include genes normally expressed at different developmental times or in different cell types (Bird, Mechanisms of the Meloidogyne-host interaction. In: Nematology: from molecule to ecosystem. (1992) F. J. Gommers, and P. W. Th. Maas, eds. ESN Inc., Dundee, Scotland).

In a survey of randomly chosen, cloned root mRNAs, Evans et al. (Mol. Gen. Genet. 214:153-157 (1988)) were unable to identify any as being root-specific. Using a differential screen, Conkling et al. (Plant Physiol. 93:1203-1211 (1990)) isolated genes encoding four, moderately to abundantly expressed, root-specific transcripts from tobacco. The expression of one of these, TobRB7, has been reported to be up-regulated in giant cells induced in tobacco by Meloidogyne incognita (Opperman et al. 1994. Science 263:221-223). Also using a differential screening approach, Gurr et al. (Mol. Gen. Genet. 226:361-366 (1991)) identified a gene in potato whose expression is "correlated with events in the immediate vicinity of the pathogen" (potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis), but the nature of this gene was not revealed.

The present invention is based in part on the isolation of genes whose expression is up-regulated in giant cells as compared to normal root tissue. Although the methods described below relate to the analysis of nematode infected cells, the same approach can be used to identify genes induced by a variety of pathogens (e.g., bacteria, viruses, and fungi) in any crop plant of interest. One of skill will thus recognize that the recombinant DNA techniques for the control of nematodes described below, can also be applied to other pathogens in other crop plants.

Generally, the nomenclature and the laboratory procedures in recombinant DNA technology described below are those well known and commonly employed in the art. Standard techniques are used for cloning, DNA and RNA isolation, amplification and purification. Generally enzymatic reactions involving DNA ligase, DNA polymerase, restriction endonucleases and the like are performed according to the manufacturer's specifications. These techniques and various other techniques are generally performed according to Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning--A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1989).

I. Isolation of nematode-induced genes and nematode-responsive promoters

The isolation of nematode-induced genes from plants may be accomplished by a number of techniques. Such genes are generally isolated using techniques designed to identify sequences specific to a particular tissue or cell types (see, e.g., Sambrook et al. ) Such techniques include differential hybridization techniques as described for instance in Gurr et al. Mol. Gen. Genet. 226:361-366 (1991). Briefly, in differential hybridization techniques a cDNA library prepared from feeding site cells is screened with probes generated from cDNA derived from feeding site cells and normal root tissue. Those clones in the cDNA library which show increased hybridization to cDNA from feeding site cells are candidates for genes which are up-regulated in these cells. The clones identified in this way are then used to screen a genomic library to isolate the corresponding gene.

In addition, subtractive hybridization techniques can be used to prepare specific probes for screening cDNA or genomic libraries. These techniques can also be used to prepare subtracted libraries enriched for the desired sequences. Subtractive screening or cDNA cloning approaches have proven effective in identifying transcripts with differential expression profiles. To ensure that cDNAs representing transcripts expressed in low abundance are represented requires that enough cDNA remain after subtraction for efficient cloning. Methods have been developed using PCR and other techniques to ensure that low abundance transcripts are identified. A preferred subtractive hybridization technique using these modifications is described in the Example section, below.

Other techniques for the identification of nematode-induced genes can also be used. For instance, oligonucleotide probes based on the sequences of previously identified nematode-induced genes can be used to isolate the desired gene in a cDNA or genomic DNA library. These techniques can be used to isolate homologous genes in the same or different plant species. The use of such hybridization techniques for identifying homologous genes is well known in the art and need not be described further.

Alternatively, interposon tagging can be used (Topping et al. 1991 Developm. 112:1009-1019 and Kertbundit et al. 1991 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:5212-5216). In this method, a number of transgenic plants are produced each carrying a randomly integrated recombinant construct containing a promoterless reporter gene, such as β-glucuronidase (GUS). Various tissues in the plant are then analyzed for expression of the reporter gene. If the reporter gene integrates in a site downstream from a promoter primarily active in a particular tissue, cells in the tissue will contain the reporter gene product. Promoter sequences and genes that are primarily active in feeding site cells can thus be identified.

Once a desired genomic clone is identified, the 5' sequences can be analyzed to identify the promoter sequence from the gene. This can be accomplished using deletion analysis and a promoterless reporter gene (e.g., GUS) to identify those regions which can drive expression of a structural gene.

Sequences characteristic of promoter sequences can also be used to identify the promoter. Sequences controlling eukaryotic gene expression have been extensively studied. For instance, promoter sequence elements include the TATA box consensus sequence (TATAAT), which is usually 20 to 30 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site. In most instances the TATA box is required for accurate transcription initiation. In plants, further upstream from the TATA box, at positions -80 to -100, there is typically a promoter element with a series of adenines surrounding the trinucleotide G (or T) N G. J. Messing et al., in Genetic Engineering in Plants, pp. 221-227 (Kosage, Meredith and Hollaender, eds. 1983).

In addition, sequence comparison with promoters from other genes that are up-regulated in response to nematode infection can be used to identify regions of sequence homology among the genes. For example, comparison of the 5' flanking sequences of the sequences disclosed here can be used to identify common sequences. Alternatively, other genes previously identified as being nematode-induced (e.g., TobRB7) can be used.

Various methods relying on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques to amplify the desired sequence can also be used. The amplified sequence is then subcloned into a vector where it is then sequenced using standard techniques. For example, PCR can be used to amplify a DNA sequence using a random 5' primer and a defined 3' primer. The 3' primer is based on the sequence of a cDNA isolated by differential screening or subtractive hybridization. The random 5' primer is then used to amplify genomic DNA upstream of the cDNA, to identify promoter sequences. Alternatively, genomic DNA can be cut at a suitable restriction site (determined from Southern blotting experiments) upstream from presumed promoter elements. A linker sequence is attached to the fragments and used as a specific 5' PCR priming site, along with the 3' primer based on the cDNA sequence.

Another approach is to use inverse PCR in which genomic DNA is restricted to generate a sticky ended molecule that spans known sequences at the 5' end of the gene and unknown promoter sequences. The DNA is ligated into circles and PCR amplified with a specific divergent primer pair designed from the cDNA sequence.

II. Production of nematode-resistant plant

Nematode-induced sequences, such as those described here, can be used in a variety of methods using recombinant DNA techniques for the control of nematodes in plants. For instance, the promoters from genes identified here can be used to drive expression of desired sequences in feeding site cells. The sequences can be structural genes encoding desired polypeptides or can be sequences which transcribe RNAs capable of inhibiting the expression of genes required for feeding site cell development. The promoters are used to ensure that the desired sequences are expressed only or substantially only in feeding site cells.

The polypeptides encoded by the structural genes will preferably prevent the development of the nematode in the plant in some way. For instance, the polypeptide may interfere with the transduction of the signal that leads to feeding cell formation in the host. Alternatively, polypeptides which have nematicidal or herbicidal activity can be used. The inhibitory RNAs may function in antisense suppression, sense suppression or as ribzoymes.

A. Construction of expression vectors

The methods required for the recombinant expression of desired genes in transgenic plants are well known to those of skill in the art. Briefly, expression cassettes comprising a promoter from a nematode-induced gene operably linked to desired sequence such as a structural gene encoding a desired protein is introduced into the plant. Construction of appropriate expression vectors is carried out using standard techniques.

The minimal requirements of the vector are that the desired nucleic acid sequence be introduced in a relatively intact state. Thus, any vector which will produce a plant carrying the introduced DNA sequence should be sufficient. The selection of vectors and methods to construct them are commonly known to persons of ordinary skill in the art and are described in general technical references (See, in general, Methods in Enzymology Vol. 153 ("Recombinant DNA Part D") 1987, Wu and Grossman Eds., Academic Press.

The recombinant vectors of the present invention typically comprise an expression cassette designed for initiating transcription of the desired polynucleotide sequences in plants. Companion sequences, of bacterial origin, are also included to allow the vector to be cloned in a bacterial host. The vector will preferably contain a broad host range prokaryote origin of replication. A selectable marker should also be included to allow selection of bacterial cells beating the desired construct. Suitable prokaryotic selectable markers include resistance to antibiotics such as kanamycin or tetracycline.

Other DNA sequences encoding additional functions may also be present in the vector, as is known in the art. For instance, in the case of Agrobacterium transformations, T-DNA sequences will also be included for subsequent transfer to plant chromosomes.

For expression of polypeptides in plants, the recombinant expression cassette will contain, in addition to the desired polynucleotide sequence and the promoter derived from a nematode-induced gene, a transcription initiation site (if the sequence to be transcribed lacks one), and a transcription termination sequence. Unique restriction enzyme sites at the 5' and 3' ends of the cassette are typically included to allow for easy insertion into a pre-existing vector.

The promoters can be modified as necessary to ensure that the desired polynucleotide sequence is expressed substantially only in response to nematode infection. A number of methods can be used to identify those sequences within a given promoter that are responsible for a specific response to nematode infection. As noted above, sequences shared by promoters of nematode-induced genes can be used to design promoters with the desired specificity. Alternatively, a reporter gene (e.g., GUS) can be operably linked to various deletion mutants of the promoter sequence and the ability of the modified promoters to direct expression in feeding site cells and other tissues can be assayed (see, e.g., WO 93/06710).

In the construction of heterologous promoter/structural gene combinations, the promoter is preferably positioned about the same distance from the heterologous transcription start site as it is from the transcription start site in its natural setting. As is known in the art, however, some variation in this distance can be accommodated without loss of promoter function.

As noted above, an expression cassette should also contain a transcription termination region downstream of the structural gene to provide for efficient termination. The termination region may be obtained from the same gene as the promoter sequence or may be obtained from different genes.

If the mRNA encoded by the structural gene is to be efficiently translated, polyadenylation sequences are also commonly added to the vector construct. Alber and Kawasaki, Mol. and Appl. Genet, 1:419-434, 1982. Polyadenylation sequences include, but are not limited to the Agrobacterium octopine synthase signal (Gielen et at., EMBO J., 3:835-846, 1984) or the nopaline synthase signal (Depicker et at., Mol. and Appl. Genet, 1:561-573, 1982).

The vector will also typically contain a selectable marker gene by which transformed plant cells can be identified in culture. Usually, the marker gene will encode antibiotic resistance. These markers include resistance to G418, hygromycin, bleomycin, kanamycin, and gentamicin. After transforming the plant cells, those cells having the vector will be identified by their ability to grow in a medium containing the particular antibiotic.

Polypeptides which inhibit nematode infection

As noted above, the promoter can be used to drive expression of structural genes encoding polypeptides which inhibit nematode infection. A variety of structural genes encoding protein or polypeptide products which inhibit the infection by, for instance, inhibiting the process of feeding cell development, promoting a plant defense response, killing or disabling the plant cell, or killing the nematode itself can be used. It is preferred, particularly where the plant is a food plant, that the polypeptide be non-toxic to animals, and particularly be non-toxic to humans.

Polypeptides which inhibit feeding cell formation will typically be competitive inhibitors of the nematode signals which induce feeding cell formation. For instance, proteins encoded by the sequences disclosed here, which are shown to be involved in signal transduction, can used to design highly specific inhibitors of feeding cell formation. In this embodiment of the invention, the polypeptides preferably have sequences substantially identical to those portions of the signal transducing proteins which interact with the appropriate ligand molecule. The signal transducing proteins can also be used to design non-protein inhibitors, which can be used as traditional nematicidal agents.

Genes which produce antibodies immunoreactive with molecules in the plant cell (e.g., proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids) can also be used to inhibit the development of feeding cells (see, e.g., Huse et al., Science 246, 1275-1281 (1989)). As used here the term "antibody" refers to a variety of forms of immunoglobulin molecules besides whole antibodies, including for example, Fv, Fab, and F(ab)₂ fragments, single chains and the like. Plant proteins to which such antibodies can be directed include, but are not limited to, RNA polymerase, respiratory enzymes, cytochrome oxidase, Krebs cycle enzymes, protein kinases, aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase, and enzymes involved in the shikimic acid pathway such as enolpyruvyl shikimic acid-5-phosphate synthase. Nematode proteins or nematode-induced molecules can also be targeted. Examples include low molecular weight compounds, with few or no features in common with normal plant products, such as hormones or elements of the signal transduction pathway. Products that play a role in signaling between plants and other organisms (e.g., the nod factor) can also be targeted. Preferred antigens include compounds secreted through the nematode's feeding stylet that initiate and/or maintain feeding cells.

Another class of structural genes which can be used in the invention are those induced by plant pathogens (e.g., nematodes, bacteria, fungi and the like) and that elicit a hypersensitive or other defense responses in plants. Thus, a gene which is normally responsive to a particular pathogen (or to nematodes in another plant species) is made responsive to nematode infection in the transgenic plant. An example of a suitable nematode-inducible gene is the Mi gene from tomato. Examples of suitable genes responsive to other pathogens are reviewed in Stintz et al. Biochemie 75:687-706 (1993).

Phytotoxic polypeptides used in the invention may either kill the plant cell in which they are expressed or simply disable the cell so that it is less capable of supporting the pathogen. Examples of suitable structural genes encoding phytotoxic polypeptides include genes encoding enzymes capable of degrading nucleic acids (e.g., nucleases, restriction endonucleases micrococcal nuclease, and ribonucleases such as Rnase A and barnase) and enzymes which attack proteins (e.g., trypsin, pronase A, carboxypeptidase, endoproteinase Asp-N, endoproteinase Glu-C, and endoproteinase Lys-C). Other examples include toxins from plant pathogens (e.g., phaseolotoxin, tabtoxin, and syringotoxin), lipases from porcine pancrease and Candida cyclindracea, as well as membrane channel proteins such as glp F and connexins.

Structural genes which are specifically target nematodes include those encoding Bacillus thuringiensis toxins as described, for instance, in EP 517, 367 A1. Other proteins include proteinase inhibitors such as cowpea trypsin inhibitor as described in WO 92/15690 or proteins which affect nematode sensory behavior such as miraculin.

Sequences which inhibit expression of nematode-induced genes

Recombinant techniques can also be used to inhibit expression of particular genes which are required for development of feeding site cells. In these techniques inhibitory RNAs (i.e., those which inhibit the expression of target genes) are transcribed in feeding site cells. Promoters from nematode-induced genes are preferably used to direct transcription of the inhibitory RNA sequences only in feeding site cells and thus prevent development of the pathogen. If the target gene is expressed only in feeding site cells, other constitutive or inducible promoters well known to those of skill in the art can also be used. For instance, the 35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic virus may be used. Alternatively, inducible promoters which direct expression only in root tissue can be used.

In some embodiments, antisense regulation of the gene can be used. To accomplish this, a polynucleotide sequence from the desired gene is cloned and operably linked to a promoter (e.g., a promoter from a nematode-induced gene) such that the anti-sense strand of RNA will be transcribed. The construct is then transformed into plants and the anti-sense strand of RNA is produced. In plant cells, it has been shown that anti-sense RNA inhibits gene expression by preventing the accumulation of mRNA which encodes the enzyme of interest, see, e.g., Sheehy et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 85:8805-8809 (1988), and Hiatt et at., U.S. Pat. No. 4,801,340.

In other embodiments, cloned polynucleotide sequences configured such that the sense-strand of RNA is produced can be used to block the transcription of target genes in plants. For an example of the use of this method to modulate expression of endogenous genes see, Napoli et at., The Plant Cell 2:279-289 (1990), and U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,323.

A third approach is the use of catalytic RNA molecules or ribozymes. Ribozymes can be designed to specifically pair with virtually any target RNA and cleave the phosphodiester backbone at a specific location, thereby functionally inactivating the target RNA. In carrying out this cleavage, the ribozyme is not itself altered, and is thus capable of recycling and cleaving other molecules, making it a true enzyme. The inclusion of ribozyme sequences within antisense RNAs confers RNA-cleaving activity upon them, thereby increasing the activity of the constructs.

A number of classes of ribozymes have been identified in the literature. One class of ribozymes is derived from a number of small circular RNAs which are capable of self-cleavage and replication in plants. The RNAs replicate either alone (viroid RNAs) or with a helper virus (satellite RNAs). Examples include RNAs from avocado sunblotch viroid and the satellite RNAs from tobacco ringspot virus, lucerne transient streak virus, velvet tobacco mottle virus, solanum nodiflorum mottle virus and subterranean clover mottle virus. Analysis of the self-cleaving RNAs reveals the presence of a conserved regions necessary for cleavage and allows the design of ribozymes specific for a target RNA. The design and use of target RNA-specific ribozymes is described in Haseloff et al. Nature, 334:585-591 (1988).

The inhibitory nucleic acid segment to be introduced generally will be substantially identical to at least a portion of the target nematode-induced gene or genes to be repressed. The sequence, however, need not be perfectly identical to inhibit expression. The vectors for use in the present invention can be designed such that the inhibitory effect applies to one or more genes within a family of genes exhibiting homology or substantial homology to the target gene. Similarly, segments from nematode-induced genes from tomato can be used to inhibit expression of homologous genes in different plant species, e.g., using sense or antisense suppression techniques described herein either directly or as a means to obtain the corresponding sequences to be used to suppress the gene.

The introduced sequence also need not be full length relative to either the primary transcription product or fully processed mRNA. Generally, higher homology can be used to compensate for the use of a shorter sequence. Furthermore, the introduced sequence need not have the same intron or exon pattern, and homology of non-coding segments will be equally effective. Normally, a sequence of between about 30 or 40 nucleotides and about 2000 nucleotides should be used, though a sequence of at least about 100 nucleotides is preferred, a sequence of at least about 200 nucleotides is more preferred, and a sequence of at least about 500 nucleotides is especially preferred.

B. Plant Transformation

The various DNA constructs described above may be introduced into the genome of the desired plant by a variety of conventional techniques. For example, the DNA construct may be introduced directly into the genomic DNA of the plant cell using polyethylene glycol precipitation (Paszkowski et at. Embo J. 3:2717-2722 (1984)) electroporation and microinjection of plant cell protoplasts (Fromm et at. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82:5824 (1985)), or the DNA constructs can be introduced into plant tissue using ballistic methods, such as DNA particle bombardment (Klein et al. Nature 327:70-73 (1987)). Alternatively, the DNA constructs may be combined with suitable T-DNA flanking regions and introduced into a conventional Agrobacterium tumefaciens host vector. The virulence functions of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens host will direct the insertion of the construct and adjacent marker into the plant cell DNA when the cell is infected by the bacteria. For a review of gene transfer methods for plant and cell cultures see, Potrykus CIBA Found. Symp. 154:198 (1990).

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-meditated transformation techniques are the most commonly used techniques for transferring genes into plants. These techniques are well described in the scientific literature. See, for example Horsch et al. Science233:496-498 (1984), Fraley et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80:4803 (1983), and Hooykaas Plant Mol. Biol. 13:327-336 (1989).

All species which are a natural plant host for Agrobacterium are transformable in vitro. Most dicotyledonous species can be transformed by Agrobacterium. Monocotyledonous plants, and in particular, cereals, are not natural hosts to Agrobacterium. There is growing evidence now that certain monocots can be transformed by Agrobacterium. Using novel experimental approaches cereal species such as rye (de la Pena et al., Nature 325:274-276, 1987), corn (Rhodes et al., Science 240:204-207, 1988), and rice (Shimamoto et al., Nature 338:274-276, 1989) may now be transformed.

After transformation, transformed plant cells or plants comprising the introduced DNA must be identified. A selectable marker, such as those discussed above is typically used. Transformed plant cells can be selected by growing the cells on growth medium containing the appropriate antibiotic. The presence of opines can also be used if the plants are transformed with Agrobacterium.

After selecting the transformed cells, one can confirm expression of the desired transgenic structural gene or inhibitory RNA. Simple detection of mRNA encoded by the inserted DNA can be achieved by well known methods in the art, such as Northern blot hybridization. The inserted sequence can be identified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization, as well. See, e.g., Sambrook, supra.

Transformed plant cells (e.g., protoplasts) which are derived by any of the above transformation techniques can be cultured to regenerate a whole plant which possesses the transformed genotype and thus the desired nematode resistant phenotype. Such regeneration techniques rely on manipulation of certain phytohormones in a tissue culture growth medium. Plant regeneration from cultured protoplasts is described in Evans et al., Protoplasts Isolation and Culture, Handbook of Plant Cell Culture, pp. 124-176, MacMillilan Publishing Company, New York, 1983; and Binding, Regeneration of Plants, Plant Protoplasts, pp. 21-73, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1985. Regeneration can also be obtained from plant callus, explants, organs, or parts thereof. Such regeneration techniques are described generally in Klee et al. Ann. Rev. of Plant Phys. 38:467-486 (1987).

One of skill will recognize that after the expression cassette is stably incorporated in transgenic plants and confirmed to be operable, it can be introduced into other plants by sexual crossing. Any of a number of standard breeding techniques can be used, depending upon the species to be crossed.

The invention has use in producing nematode resistant cultivars of any plant susceptible to infection by these pathogens. The invention thus has use over a broad range of plants, including species from the genera Trifolium, Medicago, Phaseolus, Pisum, Vigna, Glycine, Citrus, Linum, Geranium, Manihot, Daucus, Arabidopsis, Brassica, Raphanus, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscya mus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Solanum, Petunia, Digitalis, Cichorium, Helianthus, Chrysanthemum, Vitus, Lactuca, Asparagus, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Malus, Pyrus, Prunus, Rosa, Fragaria, Tarro, Ananas, Musa, Cacoa, Beta, Coffea, Gossypium, THea, Dioscorea, Arachis, Citrullus, Juglans, Olea, Cannabis, Triticum, Hordeum, Avena, Festuca, Sorghum, Oryza, Secale, and Zea.

The following examples illustrate, but do not limit, the invention.

EXAMPLE 1

This example describes the construction of a cDNA bank representing genes either uniquely expressed in giant cells (compared to uninfected root cells) or with elevated expression levels. The methods used here combine PCR amplification of cDNA with the efficient and sensitive phagemid subtraction methods to produce a subtracted cDNA bank from a small number of individual tomato giant cells (see, Bird and van der Knaap Phytopathology 84:299-303 (1994)). A flow chart outlining the strategy used to construct the library is shown in FIG. 1.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Culture maintenance. Giant cells and normal root tissue were isolated from in vitro cultured tomato (Lycoperisicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large Red`) plants. Seeds were surface sterilized by vacuum infusion of 0.5% sodium hypochlorite and germinated in parafilm-sealed, petri plates on 2% GelRite containing vitamin supplemented Gamborg's B5 medium. Cultures were maintained in the dark at 26° C. When tertiary root branches were evident (approximately 2 weeks), each dish was inoculated with 200 root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) eggs, surface sterilized by incubation for 10 min in 0.1% streptomycin, 0.0 1% HgCl₂. Nematode stocks were maintained on greenhouse grown tomato (cv `Tropic`) plants, and eggs isolated by hypochlorite extraction (McClure et al. J. Nematol. 5:230 (1973)).

Root galls containing young adult female nematodes were excised from the etiolated plant-nematode cultures at 1 to 2 months post infection. Gall tissue surrounding the giant cell was dissected away and the exposed, intact nematode removed. Giant cells were resected and snap frozen at -72° C.

RNA isolation. RNA was isolated by a modification of the method of Chomczynski and Sacchi Anal. Biochem. 162:156-159 (1987). Approximately 50 mg of giant cells were ground under liquid nitrogen in a micro-homogenizer (Biomedix, Middlesex, UK) and resuspended in 200 μl E-buffer (4M guanidinium isothiocyanate, 25 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, 1% sarkosyl, 1 mM β-mercaptoethanol) at 40° C. The suspension was incubated at 40° C., 20 min, with occasional vortexing. Sodium acetate pH 4 was added to 50 mM followed by an equal volume of water saturated phenol, and the sample placed on ice for 10 min. One-tenth volume of chloroform was added and the aqueous phase recovered following centrifugation at 12,000 g for 10 min at 4° C. The organic phase was back-extracted with 100 μl E-buffer containing 50 mM Na-acetate pH 4 and the aqueous phases pooled. RNA was recovered by ethanol precipitation, dried in vacuo and dissolved in water.

Normal root RNA was extracted from uninfected tissue cultured seedlings grown in parallel and harvested at the same times as giant cells. Freshly harvested tissue was frozen in liquid nitrogen and ground in a mortar and pestle. E-buffer was added at two ml per gram fresh weight of tissue.

cDNA synthesis. Poly-A (+) RNA was captured from giant cell total RNA on oligo-dT₂₅ coupled paramagnetic beads (Dynal Inc., Great Neck, N.Y.) according to the manufacturers instructions. Bead-bound RNA was washed twice with 2.5 times the original bead suspension volume of first strand cDNA synthesis buffer (50 mM Tris HCl pH 8.0, 50 mM KCl, 10 mM MgCl₂) and cDNA was synthesized on the bead to produce a solid phase primary cDNA pool. First and second strand synthesis and end repair reactions were performed using the Riboclone cDNA synthesis system (Promega, Madison, Wis.) according to manufacturers suggestions. Beads were kept in suspension during the synthesis reactions by shaking at 350 rpm.

Oligonucleotides P35 (GTAAGCGGCCGCAGCGTCAGTAACTC, Seq. I.D. No. 110) and P36 (TACTGACGCTGCGGCCGCTTAC, Seq. I.D. No. 111) were annealed using standard conditions (Wu et al. Meth. Enzymol. 152:343-349 (1987)). This formed a double stranded adapter molecule, blunt at one end and with a non-complementary, four-base overhang at the opposite end, with an internal NotI site. P36 was end-labeled prior to annealing using polynucleotide kinase. Annealed adapter was ligated onto the free end of the bead-bound dscDNA at 15° C. for 16 h with shaking at 350 rpm. Unligated adapter was removed from the cDNA by washing with sterile water until free counts were no longer detected in the wash.

Second strand cDNA was eluted from bead-bound first strand by heating to 94° C. for three minutes. The beads were then snap chilled on ice and the aqueous phase removed from the beads. cDNA yield was estimated by liquid scintillation counting of an aliquot of the eluate. An additional batch of second strand cDNA was synthesized on the beads by primer extension with P36. Following elution, this material was pooled with the previously synthesized second strand cDNA. Pooled cDNA was converted to double stranded form by extension from the poly-A tract at the 3'-end with P39 primer [ACTCTTGGGCCGAGTTGGCC(T)₁₅ ](Seq. I.D. No. 112). The dscDNA was purified from excess P39 by spin column chromatography over Sephadex G-50 equilibrated with 200 mM NaCl.

PCR amplification. One fourth of the cDNA was amplified by 15 cycles of PCR (94° C., 2 min; 58° C., 1 min; 72° C., 5 min) using primers P40 [ACTCTTGGGCCGAGTTGGCC(T)₄ ](Seq. I.D. No. 113) and P36. Amplification products were fractionated on 1% LMP agarose and size ranges of DNA (400-700 bp, 700 bp--1.3 kb, 1.3 kb-5 kb) resected and eluted by Gelase digestion (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.). One-fifth of each size class was re-amplified by 10 cycles of PCR, using the same conditions as the original amplification. Each reaction was diluted five fold onto fresh reaction mix, and amplified a further 5 cycles. The 400-700 bp, 700 bp 1.3 kb fractions faithfully re-amplified, and were pooled.

cDNA cloning. Single stranded amplification products were removed by mung bean nuclease digestion, and the cDNA was cut with NotI and SfiI. Fifty ng of restricted cDNA insert was ligated into 300 ng of dephosphorylated, NotI-SfiI digested pGem 11 zf(+) vector (Promega, Madison, Wis.). The ligation reaction was phenol extracted, ethanol precipitated, resuspended in 4 μl water, and electroporated at 200Ω, 25 μF, 18.8 kV/cm into 200 μl of electrocompetent E. coli DH12s cells (BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.). Cells were incubated for 40 minutes in 100 ml SOC medium at 37° C. with shaking (350 rpm) and an aliquot was removed to determine the number of primary transformants. Ampicillin was added to 50 μg per ml and the culture grown to an A₆₀₀ of 0.1. Two milliliters were removed, grown overnight at 37° C. and stored as a glycerol stock. M13K07 phage were added to the main culture at an moi of 10, and the culture grown for a further 2 h. Phage infected cells were selected by addition of kanamycin to 70 μg/ml, and the culture incubated with vigorous shaking at 37° C. for 15 h.

Recombinant M13 virions were harvested by polyethylene glycol precipitation, and ssDNA prepared and resuspended in 200 μl water. The sample was digested with HindIII and ssDNA purified by fractionation on LMP agarose.

Driver preparation. A solid phase cDNA pool was prepared from 75 μg of uninfected-root total RNA and 10 ng of the resultant double stranded cDNA subjected to 15 cycles of PCR, exactly as described for the giant cell library, except the dTTP concentration was reduced to 75 μM and biotin-16-dUTP (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.) added to 25 μM (Lebeau et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 19:4778 (1991)). The reaction was diluted five fold and PCR amplification continued for 5 cycles. The final yield of biotinylated cDNA was ˜5 μg.

Subtraction and transformation. Biotinylated root cDNA (4 μg) was co-precipitated with 2 μg M13 DNA with giant cell cDNA inserts, giving a ten fold molar excess of driver to insert. The DNA was resuspended in 20 μl water, and 0.5 μg oligo-dT₁₅ added. One microliter of 2× hybridization solution (400 mM NaCl, 100 mM Tris HCl pH 7.5, 4 mM EDTA) was added, and the mixture dried in vacuo to 2 μl. The solution was covered with a drop of mineral oil, heated to 94° C. 5 min, and incubated 65° C. for 25 h.

The annealing reaction was diluted to 50 μl with 0.5×SSC and then incubated at room temp for 30 min with 600 μl streptavidin coated paramagnetic beads (Promega, Madison Wis.), previously equilibrated to 0.5×SSC. Beads were separated from the solution on a magnetic stand, and the binding step repeated. Oligo dT₁₅ was removed from unbound ssDNA by fractionation on Sephadex G-50/200 mM and salts removed by fractionation on water equilibrated Sephadex G-50. ssDNA was transformed to double stranded form by Klenow extension from P46 primer [GGCCAAGTTGGCC(T)₅ ](Seq. I.D. No. 114) de-salted on water saturated Sephadex G-50, dried to 3 μl in vacuo and electroporated into E. coli DH12s cells. Cells were recovered for one hour in SOC medium and plated with an X-gal/IPTG screen. Insert containing colonies were picked into individual wells of 96 place microtiter plates and glycerol stocks prepared.

Library analysis. Glycerol stocks were replica- stamped onto nitrocellulose membranes and were probed with nick-translated genomic tomato and nematode DNA and cDNA inserts using standard conditions (Wahl et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:3683-3687 (1979)).

ssDNA was prepared from recombinants by rescue with the helper phage M13K07 and subjected to sequencing using the dideoxy chain-termination method (Sanger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74:5463 (1977)). Hybridization probes for Southern and RNA dot blot analyses were prepared by primer extension of single stranded templates with universal sequencing primer. Tomato and nematode genomic DNA was prepared by grinding in liquid nitrogen followed by proteinase K digestion and phenol/chloroform extraction.

RESULTS

cDNA synthesis. Fifty one milligrams of essentially pure giant cells were accumulated by dissection. Based on comparative ethidium bromide fluorescence, the yield of total RNA from this sample was estimated to be 11 μg. This represents a yield per gram fresh weight of tissue of approximately 4 fold higher than we obtain from cultured whole roots, and possibly is a reflection of increased transcriptional activity in giant cells.

Performing the cDNA synthesis on paramagnetic beads provided a number of advantages over liquid synthesis, including the ability to readily recover poly-A(+) RNA and cDNA into essentially zero volume. Because the bead effectively blocked one end, addition of a NotI adapter after cDNA synthesis was restricted to the 5'-end (with respect to the message). Additionally, the use of solid phase cDNA synthesis provided a reusable pool of first strand cDNA.

Based on incorporation of ³² P-labeled P36 (half of the adapter), conversion of poly-A(+) RNA into eluted second strand cDNA was 24%. Subsequent re-synthesis of second strand cDNA corresponded to a 15% conversion of poly-A(+) RNA. It is likely that this reduced efficiency resulted from inefficient priming. Conversion of pooled, eluted second strand cDNA to double stranded form by priming with an oligo-dT-anchored, SfiI primer (P39) yielded 43 ng of double stranded cDNA. Analysis of an aliquot by electrophoresis on alkaline agarose revealed an average size of 800 bases for this cDNA pool, with a portion extending larger.

Pilot experiments indicated that, under our conditions, the rate of amplification began to diminish between 10 and 15 rounds of PCR while, in pari passu, the amount of single stranded product increased. Consequently, the giant cell cDNA was subjected to only 15 cycles of PCR amplification prior to size fractionation. The size classes were re-amplified and single stranded strand amplification products removed by mung bean nuclease digestion prior to cloning. Comparison of cDNA before and after nuclease treatment indicated that up to two thirds of the amplified cDNA, primarily the larger material, consisted of single strand product. The average size of the final cDNA population was about 300 bp, with a range of 200 to 500 bp. Preferential extension of smaller cDNAs over larger ones as PCR progresses has been observed previously (Belyavsky et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 17:2919-2932 (1989)).

Cloning. To maximize the efficiency of the cloning step, and also to eliminated the possibility of cloning uninfected-root driver cDNA, amplified giant cell cDNA was ligated into a phagemid vector. A test plating of the library at this stage indicated that it contained 1.4×10⁶ transformants. Following conversion to single stranded form by rescue with M13K07, the cloned giant cell cDNAs were annealed with normal-root cDNA driver to a Cot value of 500. Using a k value for a typical mammalian cell (15,000 unique transcripts), the fraction of cDNAs common both to uninfected roots and giant cells that have annealed at Cot 500 is 96.5%.

After the annealed cDNA had been removed, the single stranded recombinants were converted to double stranded form. Transformation by electroporation of double stranded plasmid DNA has been shown to be several hundred fold more efficient than single stranded plasmid DNA. We utilized a primer which spans the SfiI cloning site and the poly-A tail of the insert. This primer is not complementary to either insert-minus or to incorrectly oriented insert-containing clones. Production of double stranded plasmid DNA prior to transformation with this primer allowed for more efficient cloning of genuine subtracted clones over insert-minus or aberrant clones which may have escaped the subtraction procedure.

Following transformation, 287 insert-containing clones, as determined by blue/white colony screening, were recovered. This corresponded to an overall enrichment of 4,860 fold of giant cell sequences over normal root sequences present in the cDNA library. This figure is substantially higher than is typically obtained by subtraction.

Library analysis. A variety of criteria were used to assess the overall quality of the subtracted library. Insert size was determined by restriction analysis. Inserts resected from ten randomly selected clones ranged in size from 200 to 500 bp in length. Seven of these probes were also hybridized back to the entire library. One clone detected two recombinants; the remaining six probes detected only the clones from which they were constructed. This result suggests that the complexity of the subtracted library might be high.

The total number of highly repeated genomic sequences represented in the library was determined by hybridization of replica filters with nick translated tomato total genomic DNA. Forty two of the 287 clones gave a high signal. Four of these clones were sequenced; three were derived from 25S rRNA and one from 16S rRNA. To further confirm that clones not detected in this assay were indeed derived from low copy number genes, genomic Southerns were performed using 36 randomly selected clones as probes. Hybridization banding patterns identified one apparently multicopy gene. However, most appear to be low copy or unique genes. These results also confirm that the clones are of plant origin. To determine the number of contaminating nematode sequences in the library, the replica filters were probed with nick-translated Meloidogyne incognita total genomic DNA. One colony gave a signal detectable above background. A second clone encoding a nematode transcript was subsequently identified by genomic blotting.

Dot blots of RNA samples isolated from tomato tissues (galls and whole mature roots from tissue culture, mature leaf from green-house grown plants, and cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots from one-week-old seedlings) were hybridized with probes synthesized from randomly selected giant cell cDNA clones. In these experiments, 5 μg of total RNA isolated from various tomato tissues was blotted onto nitrocellulose and hybridized with primer extended ³² P labeled antisense probes. Hybridization probes were prepared by primer extension of half of the annealed sequencing DNA template in the presence of α-[³² P]-dCTP. The specific activity of these probes typically was 2×10⁹ dpm/μg. Filters were probed using standard conditions (Wahl et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:3683-3687 (1979)). The presence of equal amounts of target RNA in each dot was confirmed by probing with ribosomal sequences. The exposure times varied significantly between the different filters. This variation is indicative of differences in transcript abundance because the specific activities and amount of probe used in each experiment was essentially the same.

Results from these experiments are summarized in Table 1 (clones which were not sequenced and which gave no blot results have been omitted). Sixteen probes failed to produce a detectable hybridization signal to any of the RNA samples, suggesting that these cDNAs represent low abundance messages. The remaining cDNA clones hybridized to various subsets of the RNA samples.

                  TABLE 1                                                          ______________________________________                                         DNA sequence and RNA dot blot analysis of giant cell cDNA                      clones                                                                         SEQ. ID.              Tissue source of RNA.sup.1                               DB #  No.      Identity.sup.2                                                                            G   D    L   H    A   R                              ______________________________________                                         101   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 1                                                                    102   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 2                                                                    103   SEQ. ID. 16 kD E.sub.2                                                                             -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 3    enzyme                                                          107   SEQ. ID. Peroxidase -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 4                                                                    108   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 5                                                                    110   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 6                                                                    111   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 7                                                                    112   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 8                                                                    113   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   +                                    No. 9                                                                    114   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    +   +    +   -                                    No. 10                                                                   115   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    +   +    +   -                                    No. 11                                                                   117   SEQ. ID. RNA pol ll                                                            No. 12   Heptamer                                                                       repeat                                                          118   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 13                                                                   119   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 14                                                                   122   SEQ. ID. Extenin-   -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 15   like pioneer                                                    124   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   ?    -   -    -   -                                    No. 16                                                                   131   SEQ. ID. Receptor   +   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 17   kinase                                                                         homologue                                                       132   SEQ. ID. Anti-      +   -    -   +    -   -                                    No. 18   integral                                                                       membrane                                                                       protein                                                         133   SEQ. ID. Zea        +   -    +   +    +   +                                    No. 19   repetitive                                                                     element/cyc                                                                    lophylin 3'                                                     134   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   +    -   -                                    No. 20                                                                   136   SEQ. ID. 16 kD E.sub.2                                                         No. 21   enzyme                                                          137   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 22                                                                   139   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    +   -    -   +                                    No. 23                                                                   140   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    +   -    -   +                                    No. 24                                                                   141   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 25                                                                   142   SEQ. ID. anti-Ef-3  -   -    -   -    +   -                                    No. 26                                                                   144   SEQ. ID. Ribosomal                                                             No. 27   protein L38                                                     146   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 28                                                                   147   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 29                                                                   148   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 30                                                                   149   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 31                                                                   151   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 32                                                                   152   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 33                                                                   153   SEQ. ID. Anti-                                                                 No. 34   ripening                                                                       associated                                                                     membrane                                                                       prot                                                            154   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 35                                                                   155   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 36                                                                   156   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 37                                                                   157   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 38                                                                   161   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 39                                                                   163   SEQ. ID. 16 kD E.sub.2                                                                             -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 40   enzyme                                                          164   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   +                                    No. 41                                                                   165   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    +   -    -   -                                    No. 42                                                                   166   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    +   -    +   -                                    No. 43                                                                   168   SEQ. ID. Mucin                                                                 No. 44                                                                   169   SEQ. ID. Novel 16                                                              No. 45   kD E.sub.2                                                                     enzyme                                                          172   SEQ. ID. L38                                                                   No. 46   ribosomal                                                                      protein                                                         173   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   +    +   -    -   +                                    No. 47                                                                   175   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 48                                                                   176   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 49                                                                   177   SEQ. ID. Proline-rich                                                          No. 50   wall protein                                                    178   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 51                                                                   179   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 52                                                                   181   SEQ. ID. Transmemb                                                             No. 53   rane turgor-                                                                   responsive                                                                     prot                                                            182   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 54                                                                   183   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 55                                                                   187   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 56                                                                   197   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 57                                                                   198   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 58                                                                   199   SEQ. ID. anti-Ala   -   -    -   -    +   -                                    No. 59   tRNA                                                                           synthase                                                        201   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 60                                                                   203   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 61                                                                   205   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 62                                                                   207   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 63                                                                   208   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 64                                                                   209   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 65                                                                   210   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    +   -                                    No. 66                                                                   212   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    +   -                                    No. 67                                                                   214   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 68                                                                   215   SEQ. ID. Zn-finger  -   -    -   -    +   -                                    No. 69   domain                                                          216   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 70                                                                   217   SEQ. ID. Laminin B  +   -    +   -    -   +                                    No. 71   receptor                                                        218   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 72                                                                   220   SEQ. ID. anti-PEP-  -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 73   carboxylase                                                     221   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    +   -    -   -                                    No. 74                                                                   222   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 75                                                                   223   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 76                                                                   224   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   -                                    No. 77                                                                   226   SEQ. ID. Proton     -   -    -   +    -   -                                    No. 78   ATPase                                                          227   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 79                                                                   228   SEQ. ID. anti-L11                                                              No. 80   ribosomal                                                                      protein                                                         230   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 81                                                                   231   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 82                                                                   232   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 83                                                                   233   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 84                                                                   234   SEQ. ID. Lysozyme-  +   ?    -   +    +   +                                    No. 85   domain                                                          236   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 86                                                                   239   SEQ. ID. eF Ile     -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 87   5'UTR                                                           240   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 88                                                                   241   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 89                                                                   244   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    +   -    +   -                                    No. 90                                                                   246   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 91                                                                   247   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 92                                                                   249   SEQ. ID. Tob RB7-                                                              No. 93   5A                                                                             homologue                                                       250   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 94                                                                   252   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    +   -    -   +    +   +                                    No. 95                                                                   255   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 96                                                                   256   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 97                                                                   263   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   +    +   +                                    No. 98                                                                   264   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 99                                                                   265   SEQ. ID. anti-Tnt1-94                                                                              -   -    -   +    +   +                                    no. 100  tranposon                                                       266   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 101                                                                  275   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 102                                                                  277   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 103                                                                  279   SEQ. ID. Pioneer    -   -    -   -    -   +                                    No. 104                                                                  280   SEQ. ID. Myb DNA-   -   -    -   +    +   -                                    No. 105  binding site                                                    288   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 106                                                                  289   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 107                                                                  291   SEQ. ID. Pioneer                                                               No. 108                                                                  L23762                                                                               SEQ. ID. Ubiquitin                                                             No. 109  carrier                                                                        protein                                                         ______________________________________                                          .sup.1 RNA samples from the tissues indicated (G: gall; D: RNA isolated        from cultured, uninfected roots, and used as driver for the subtractive        cloning; L: leaf; H: hypocotyl; A: cotyledons plus apex; R: primary root       from young seedlings) were probed with antisense probes from the cDNA          clones: + indicates a signal was detected, - indicates no signal was           detected, no entry indicates that the clone was not tested.                    .sup.2 Putative identity of partial cDNA clones based on DNA or deduced        amino acid homology with sequences in GenBank or PIR. Clones with no           meaningful homology were termed pioneers.                                

Only one clone (DB#173) produced a signal in the RNA from mature roots. This is important because mature root was the source of the RNA used as driver in construction of the subtractive library, and provides strong evidence that the subtraction was effective. Fifteen of the cDNA clones detected transcripts in seedling root (Table 1), and presumably encode functions associated with young, expanding roots. Three of these appeared to be root-specific.

Despite the fact that only cDNA synthesized from giant cell mRNA was exposed to the vector thereby ensuring that all clones in the bank must encode giant cell transcripts, most probes also failed to detect transcripts in gall RNA. Although this is partly due to giant cells representing only a small fraction of the total mass of the gall (it was not technically feasible to collect the numbers of giant cells required to isolate sufficient RNA for blot analysis), it also suggests that the clones in the bank do not encode abundant transcripts. Ultimately, the (elevated) presence in giant cells of transcripts defined by each clone in the bank can be confirmed using, for instance, in situ hybridization.

Although different clones reveal a range of expression patterns, many detected transcripts in RNA isolated from hypocotyls and/or cotyledon plus apex tissue, generally at levels much higher than in uninfected seedling root. Ten cDNA clones detected a signal in leaf RNA. Overall, these results give a picture of giant cells sharing transcripts with actively dividing and expanding tissues, and also non-root tissues.

DNA sequencing

Partial sequences of each clone listed in Table 1, above, are provided in the Sequence Listing, below. The Sequence Listing also includes the complete sequence of one clone, SEQ. ID. No. 109, which encodes a ubiquitin carrier protein. Reflective of the directional nature of the cloning, each sequence began with a poly-T tract (ranging in length from 4 to 75 residues), corresponding to the poly-A tail of the transcript. Each sequence was read only as far as the first ambiguity, including potential compressions. Thus, although the sequences represent readings from one strand only, we believe the degree of accuracy to be high. The presence of a long oligomeric tail rendered some clones unsequencable. Four independent rRNA clones from the same bank also were determined. The sequences (not shown) corresponded exactly to those published for tomato (Kiss et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 17:796 (1989)). This suggests also that the number of PCR-introduced artifacts in the bank is low.

Sequences were compared to others in the public domain DNA and protein databanks using the BlastN and BlastX algorithms (Altschul et al. J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410 (1990)). With some exceptions noted below, only those database matches involving homology with the correct strand and in the correct part of the matching gene (i.e., the 3'-end) were considered, and a score of at least 100 was chosen as indicating a potentially valid homology. Most of the cDNA sequences failed these tests, and are listed as "Pioneers" in Table 1. Four clones were determined to share sequences with genes previously cloned in tomato, all other non-pioneers shared sequences with sequences from other species.

By isolating and characterizing full length cDNA clones, including in situ localization to giant cells the identity of the DB#103 transcript was confirmed as encoding an E₂ enzyme, a key component of the protein ubiquitination pathway.

The DB#163 cDNA is identical with the DB#103 sequence, but has an additional 19 residues immediately before the poly-A tail. Because the gene encoding these transcripts, LeUBC10, appears to be unique, the different 3'-ends might arise by differential RNA processing.

Computer translation of the DB#117 cDNA revealed a hypothetical protein with multiple contiguous repeats of a seven amino acid motif, shown aligned in FIG. 2, and terminating with a stop codon 47 bp 5' from the poly-A tail. This motif is strikingly similar to the motif TSPSYSP, a structure diagnostic for the carboxy terminal domain (CTD) of the large subunit of RNA polymerase II. Arabidopsis has 40 copies of this repeat (Dietrich et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 15:207-223 (1990)) and C. elegans has 42 (Bird and Riddle Molec. Cell. Biol. 9:4119-4130 (1989). Although not previously cloned from tomato, it seems likely that DB#117 encodes this gene. Southern blotting (not shown) suggests that the DB#117 region is unique.

BlastX analysis revealed significant homologies between the inferred DB#280 product and different members of the myb gene family (FIG. 3). Homology is highest with the DNA binding domain of the petunia myb Ph3 gene product, although multiple alignment with Mybs from other plants and vertebrates revealed that this homology extends further. As nuclear transcription regulators, members of the Myb family play pivotal roles in the regulation of cellular proliferation. Through interactions with other trans-activators (e.g., members of the Ets family) Myb proteins effect growth control and oncogenesis.

A BlastN search revealed striking homology between the DB#226 sequence and the 3'-end of the pma4-encoded isoform (Moriau et al. Plant Molec. Biol. 21:955-963 (1993)) of a plasmalemma H⁺ ATPase from Nicoaana plumbaginifolia (FIG. 4). The DB#226-gene appears to be different from those encoding two previously cloned tomato isoforms (Ewing et al. Plant Physiol. 94:1847-1881 (1990)). The high degree of homology between the 3' untranslated regions (UTR) of these genes (the tobacco stop codon, and presumably also the DB#226 terminator, is a further 60 residues 5') might indicate a biological role for this part of the sequence.

Other sequences in the giant cell cDNA bank, including a number of the pioneer clones, encode recognizable structural motifs. For example, part of the DB#215 sequence specifies a zinc finger domain. Additional homologies have been observed in the UTRs of some genes. The 3'-UTR of DB#239 contains a (GCC)₅ element previously noted in the 5'-UTR of human general transcription factor TFIIE (Sumimoto et al. Nature 354:401-404 (1991); sequences such as these may play a role in translational regulation.

Four clones in the cDNA bank (DB#142, DB#199, DB#220, DB#265) have high degrees of homology with sequences in GenBank (Blast scores of 246, 499, 806 and 173 respectively) but to the anti-sense strand. These sequences terminate with a poly-A tail, suggesting that they do not represent artifactuary cloned sequences. Significantly, when used as probes in the dot blot assay, DB#142, DB#199, and DB#265 detected transcripts in plant tissues (Table 1). The DB#265 transcript, which encodes a sequence with anti-sense homology to the tobacco retroviral-like transposon Tnt 1-94 (Grandbastien et al. Nature 337:376-380 (1989)), and also the Arabidopsis copia-like element (Voytas and Ausubel Nature 336:242-244 (1989)), appears to be particularly abundant in seedling root tissue.

The cDNA clone DB#249 as a query revealed that its inferred product shares homology with that of the RB7-5A gene from tobacco (Yamamoto et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 18:7449 (1990)). Significantly, this gene is strongly up-regulated in nematode-induced, tobacco giant cells.

Taken together, these data show the subtracted library contains bona fide cDNA inserts with a low level of contamination by high copy or nematode sequences, as well as a high degree of complexity.

The above examples are provided to illustrate the invention but not to limit its scope. Other variants of the invention will be readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art and are encompassed by the appended claims. All publications, patents, and patent applications cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference.

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQUENCE LISTING                                                               (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                                       (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 114                                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 210 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..210                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#101"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                        ACACGATCACATACCAGAGGGCAGACAACCAAGCTGAGAGGTCAAGTGGGTCTGGGAGTT60                 CAATTTCCAAGTCTATGAAAACCAGTTCTTCAACAAGTTCCGGTGCTGATCCTTCATTGG120                TTCAAGCATCATTGTTAGATAGTATATTGAGGGAGAACCTCTTGTGATCTGGAGAAAGTA180                ACCTATTACAGTATTTTGTACCTCTTACGT210                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 211 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..211                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#102"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                        CATAAACCTGTTTTTCTCTTTCCCCCTTATGATGAATCCAGTCTATGAAGTAATGGAAAG60                 GAGATTCTGGGAAGGCAGGTACTGTGTGTGGTTGAGATGGCTTGTGGTTTTAGCAGTGAC120                TTTTGTTGCATTGGCGGTGCCCAATTGTTGCTGATTCTTTCACTTGTTGGGAGCAGTGTG180                TGCATTGTTTTGGGATTTGTGTTGCCTTCTT211                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 257 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..257                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#103"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                        AACTGGCAAACAAAGTAGAATTACATTGCAGTTTCTCCCTTACTAGTCATCAAATAAATA60                 TTCACAAATTGAAAACAGCTGTTCCCTTAACAACCCTCATGAAGGGAGATTAAGAAGTAA120                CTAAGTTCTTTCACGGAATTTATTCATTCACCCCAAGCACATAAGACATTGCTGTTACAA180                AGTCCCAGACATGCCTGGAGACATTTTGCGCATCATCCCATTGCATATTTCTGAGTCTAG240                CTACGAGCAGTGGTTTC257                                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 249 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..249                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#107"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                        AGGGTCAAATTTGGAATTGCAGTTTGCTCACTTGGCCCTCCTGCTGATCCATCTAGCAAC60                 ACTGAACCATCACACCCCTGAACAAAGCAATCGTGGAAATGAAGACGAAGTAAGCCAGCA120                GCTTGGCCAACATCATCCTTGATTTGTTTTTGAAGCCTGTTTCTAATAATGGATTCAAGT180                TGAGGACAACTAGATTGATAAATGACCATGAGACCTTAGTTAGCAGCCTTGAGCTTCCGA240                TCAAGATTT249                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 132 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..132                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#108"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                        GGGATTACTGAGGTGGTTTTGGATCTTTCTTCCGGCCTTTCGCTATATACACAAGATAGG60                 ACAATGATCAGTAGTTGTTTGTTGTTGTCCTTTGTCCTGAGACTTTTGTCATGTTAATGG120                GGTTTCCAATGC132                                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 207 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..207                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#110"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                        AGCAGTCCCTTTGGGTGTCACAATTTTCTCAGCACTTGAACTCAAGCCATTAGGATCAAT60                 GTTATTCCCTCTCTTAATAGCTGGTAGTCTTGGCGACTTCATTTTGTGGTCGCTGCTTTA120                GATCTGTTACATATTAGCGGCTTTTCTTTTGTAGCATCTCAGTTAGAAAGTACTGGACGT180                GCCTTTTCTTTGCGCACGATAAACACG207                                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 256 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..256                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#111"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                        AAATTACACCCATTTTATCAACCTTGGAGTAAATCTTACCAGCACTAAACTGGCTTACAA60                 TGCCATGGGCAGTTCGCTCAATAACAATTCATCTAAAACATTTTGGAAGGCACTGTGCTA120                ATGTTTCTAACACATAAAATTGAATCTAAGGTCCAAAATTTAGTTTTCATTACAGAGGCA180                GCCAAGAATGCAAACAACTACCAACCATGCATTTGCATGACTGTGGATCTTCAACTTCAT240                CTCACAACTAACGCAT256                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 179 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..179                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#112"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                        GGTATGTTGTACGCTGCTGTTGAAGTTGAAGATCTGAAGATGCGTTTGCTGCTGTTGGAA60                 GTTAAATCATTTTGGTCACACTGTTGGGTTGTTCCTGTTACATTTGGAAACACTCAACTT120                TTAACTCCTAAACTTGTTGCTGTTGCTTGTCTGAATCTGTCGTGTGCATCATTAACACA179                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 210 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..210                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#113"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                        CTTAAAAGCTAGTCTTTCTTAGGTTCACATAGCAGTTACTTCCAAAAGTTAAAACATAAA60                 TCAAAATTATCCCATTACATCATTTAACTGAAGGGAGATGCAAATCAAAAAGCTCTAATG120                CCATATGTCTTCTACCAGCACCAAATGTAGAGGTCCTCGTAGAAACTCGTATTCAAGATT180                TTTAACGGTACTTGATGAAGCCAATTCCTT210                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 110 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..110                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#114"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                                       AGGAGGTTTATCTGATACAGTTGACTTGAAATATGGCATATTGGGTCTTAAGCCAACATC60                 TGCTTCAGTCATCTTATCCAAAACTGACTTGACAAGTTCAACATTTTCCG110                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 223 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..223                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#115"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                                       GAGCTCAACTAGTCGAGCTAGTAAGAAGAGAGATTATAATTGTAAAATCACTCACCAATA60                 CCTGCATTATACACACCAAATGTAAGGCAAATATAAGAATTCACTTATTTAGCTTCTTCT120                GGATCTACTTTGATAGAAAGCGCAGTGGTACATGGTGGATGAGCAAGACGAACAATACTT180                CAAAGAAGACCATCATGAAAGTTGTTGACATGCTTTAATCAGT223                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 279 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..279                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#117"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                                       GTAACCACCGTCGTATTTTCCGCCGATACCCATCGTCGTAGCTGGGCTTATAACCTGTCG60                 TAGCTTGGCTTGTAATTGTCATAGCTAGGCTTGTAACTGTCGTAGCTTGGCTTGTAATTG120                TCATAGCTAGGCTTGTAACTGTCGTAGCTTGGCTTGTATCCGCTGTCGTAGCTAGGCTTT180                TTGTAACCATTGTCGTAGCTGGGCTTGTATCCGCTGTCGTAGCTGGGCTTTTTGTAACTA240                TTGTCATAGCTGGGCTTGTAGCTGTCTGAGCTGGGCTTT279                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 267 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..267                                                           (C) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#118"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                       AGAGTGAAATCTTCAAAATAGCAGTAAAATTGGTACCTTCACTATAACTGGTGTTTCATA60                 TTTTTCTTAGCTAGAATGCAGTTGATTTGTTACAACAAATACTGAGTTAATGAGGCCTTG120                TAGTAGTAAGTTGGGACCAAATTGGATTTCTCATCATTAGATTGTTTGTCCAGTTACTAC180                CTTCAGGTAGACAAATATACTTAGTAAGAGGAGAAACCAATGGAAGAGAAGGTGATTGTA240                GCCATGGTTAGGGCATGTTTCTTGGCT267                                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 199 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..199                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#119"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                                       ACCTACCACCTCCCACCGGCAATAGGTACAGTCCACCAAGGCTAGGACAGATGGAAATAA60                 CTACCTAGTGTTTTCTTGTCTCCGCTAGAAACAAAATTAGCTAGTTTTCATCTTCAAGAT120                CCAAACAAAGGCAGTAAGCAACTAAGCCACAACTGAACATATCTGAGATATCTCACTATG180                TCAGCCTTATCTTCCTGGT199                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 303 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..303                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#122"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                                       AGGGTGAGGTGGTATTTGAGGATTGGGGTTTTGAGGAGGTGGTGGGATGTGGTAAGGGGT60                 TGAGGCATACTAAGGATTTTGTGCAGTCAAGTCTATTACTGAGTGATTCTAACCAGGAGT120                GGATAGTGCGTTCTTAGCCTATTCTATGTTTGAAGAGGGAAAGTGTTGTAGAGGCCTTCC180                ATCAGTATTAGTGTTGGCAGTAAAACCTAATGGAGGCAGATCCTGTCTCTTTGCATTTCC240                ATTCTCATCTCAGTGATCTGCTGCATTAACTGTATAATCTGTTCATTCTGATCTGCTATA300                GTG303                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 196 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..196                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#124"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:                                       GAGGAGGATATCCATTTGTGAGCAAAGCATCAAACTTACAATTGATTACATAAGAAGCTA60                 TGTGTCAAACTGCTGAATCTAAGAAAGTGGTACTCGATTGGGAGTTGAGGATATGACAAT120                GAATTAAACCTGTTAGATGTAAATCTGCCTAGTAATTCTATGAATTACCGATAGTTTGAA180                TTGGACAAGTTAGACT196                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 272 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..272                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#131"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:                                       CAAGGCTTCACACTGAGCCATGAAGTTCTTAGAAGTAGCCCCTTGTTGTTCAATGTTTAT60                 CACCTTCACCGCAACCATACATTCACCTGGATCAAGTACCCCTTTGTAAACAGAAATAAA120                GCTACCATTTCCAATCAAATTGGCAGAAGAGAATCCATTTGTCGCTCTATATAGGCTCTC180                ATAAGTAACCGGTGAAGATGTTAAAGAAGGATCTCCCTTGCCTTCCTTAACCGAATGATT240                ATGACTAAGCATGATGAAACCATGCACAGTCC272                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 164 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..164                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#132"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:                                       GGGTCATGACCGAATTGGCTCTAATTGGGGCTGATATTCAAGAGGTTATTGGAAGTGCTA60                 TTGCTATAAAGATTTTGAGTCGAGGGTTCTTGCCTCTATGGTCTGGTGTTGTCATCACTG120                CTCTTGATTGCTTTGTATTCTTATTTCTTGAGAACTATGGATGA164                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 348 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (xi) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..348                                                           (C) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#133"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:                                       AGCAAGTCTATGAGTATCTTATTTAATTGTAGTCTTAAGATTAAACATAAACTGGTGGTG60                 CACCAGCTGGTCGTGTGGTGAACGAGACTTTGGATTTGTCCATTATGCAGAAAGGTCGAG120                CGCTCTGAAAGCTGTCAAAGACACTGAAACATATGAAGTAAATGGTCAGATGTTAGAAGT180                AGTTCTTGCAAAGCCTCAGACTGAAAAGAAGTTTGATGCAGCTAGTCCTCACATGCGATG240                CCACATCATATTATATTCCCATCCAGGCTATGGTGACTTCCGATGACCGATGTCACCTAT300                CTGCTGGTATGGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCGTCCGCGTCGTCACACACC348                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 239 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..239                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#134"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:                                       AACCCATCAAAAAGTGTATTTATATCTCAGTGAACATATGTTCAGCACTCGTGCTGTCTG60                 ATCTAGGGCCAAAACTGGCACAGGTACAACCTGCAATACCTCATTACAACATTTGAGAAA120                TGAGCAAATAATACTTCCACATTCAGCATAAACAAAAGTTATCTTGACGTTGATCTGTTT180                AAGATGAGATGATGATCTGTTTTTCTCAGCCAATAGTGCTCAGCATATCTTCTTCATCA239                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 255 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..255                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#136"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:                                       GGCAAACAAAGTAGAATTACATTGCAGTTTCTCCCTTACTAGTCATCAAATAAATATTCA60                 CAAATTGAAAACAGCTGTTCCCTTAACAACCCTCATGAAGGGAGATTAAGAAGTAACTAA120                GTTCTTTCACGGAATTTATTCATTCACCCCAAGCACAATAAGACATTGCTGTTACAAAAG180                TCCCAGACGTGCCTGGAGACAATTTTGCGCATCATCCCATTGCATATTTCTGAGTCCAGC240                ATCGAGCAGTGGTTC255                                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 283 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..283                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#137"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:                                       AATAATCCAATAAAATACAGATTGGAAGTTACATTACAATCCCAAATGACATGATATTAT60                 ACGTTCATCAAACAATCTATCCACAAGAGAAAACAACCAAAAGCCAAGAATAAATGGAAA120                AAGTAGCTAGGTACTCCATTAGCGAAGTAGTAATAATATGGTCTTCAAATATCCACCATA180                TGATGATCCACTTGGTGAGGACCAAATAGCATAAATGATACCAGGTAGCTACCAAAGAGA240                GTCAGCAAACTGATGTTTTTGGCTATGGAATCATGCTTGGAAT283                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 243 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..243                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#139"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:                                       ATGAATTGTCCTACAACTGCATTGCACAGAAGAGTACAATTTTTTTTCTCTGAAATTTAT60                 TACACCTCAAGTAGTCCAAGTCCAGGCAGGATCATCAGATGTACAAAGATTTGCTCAGTT120                TTGTTCCTCCTAATCAATTCAAAGGATCTAACTCAAAACTTGGCGTTGCAATAGATAAAT180                GCTGCTGGATAATTAGGATACAACATATCTAGTGTAATCCCACATAGGTCTGGAAGGGTG240                GTT243                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 223 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..223                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#140"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:                                       GACTTGAGAACGTTAATATAAAAGGTAAATGATTGTGGTTAAAATAATTTTACGTCTGGA60                 TAGCTTTTTATACAAGATTTTGGAGTTGCTTCTCCTTAAATCATATTAAGGAAAGACACA120                CCTCCAAAACATTCTCTTGGAAGAAATACCAATTGAAACACATTACACATACTGAGTTGA180                GGGTCTTGTAATAGGCATCAGTTAGGGTCAGGATAACGAGTTT223                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 163 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..163                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#141"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:                                       GCTTATTTATGTCTGGTGTTTCTTCTAAACCTTGGGTACTTGCTGTAACCCAGTACGGCA60                 GTACCTGCAGTTTTTCTTTATCATATGATCTTATTATGTGGGACAGCAAACGGCCAGCCG120                ACCGAAGCCGGCGCTTCAACCAGGATCATCTATGGAGGAATCT163                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 206 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..206                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#142"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:                                       GTTCAGCCTACTCTATTGTTGTTGGATGAACCTACAAATCATCTTGACCTTCGGGCTGTT60                 CTATGGTTAGAGGAGTACTTGTGCAGATGGAAGAAAACTTTGGTCGTTGTTTCGCATGAT120                CGAGACTTTCTGAACACTGTTTGCGGTGAGATTATTCATCTCCATGACATGAAACTACAC180                TTCTATCGTGGTAACTTTGAGATTTT206                                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 309 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..309                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#144"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:                                       AAGGGGGCAACACAATATCTAGAATGAACAAAACTTTAGATATTCGACAGGATAAGAAAA60                 TGGTAAAGGAACATAATAGTTCTACGAATTCTCAAGTATCTTCTAATCATCTAGGGGGAA120                GGGGCACATTAACTCTTCCATCTTCAAGGTCTTGGACGCTCAAACCTGGAGGAAGTGACT180                GCTTCAACTTGTCAGCCTTCTCAAAGTCCAGCACACAGAGTGTGTAAAGGTACTTGGAGC240                CAGCGACCTTGAACTTACCATATCCTTGTTCTCTGATCTGCAGTCGTGCATCCTCCTCCT300                TGCTGTAGG309                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 292 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..292                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#146"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:                                       GGTGTGAGTTAGTTTTTTGTGGTTTTCATGAATGCCGTGTCAAGGAGACCTTAGATTTGT60                 GTTTTGACAGTTTCATCGAGTCTAAAGCATCGAGTATATTGATTTGCTTATGCGGTTTGT120                GTGTACCGGATTCCGAACGAATCCTGAGGGTCCTCTTGATGTTTTGGAAGTTGGCTGATT180                TTTCTGGTGCCTGAATCTAGTGTGTCTCGCGATCTCGAGCCTCATTGTTGCGAGGTAATG240                TTCGCTTCGCGAAGGGGTCAAGTTCCTGATCTCACGTACACAAGAAGGACCT292                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 176 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..176                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#147"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:                                       GGCGCCCTAGGCCACCATCCTTCTTAAAGTAAAGGAAGAAAAGAGGAAGAAGATTGCTAA60                 GAACTTGAAGAAGTACAGCAAGAAGTATGAAGCAGAGGATCAGGATGTTTCATTGCTGTT120                GAGCGAGCAAGACCGTGAGAAGCGAAAGAAGCTGAAAGAGATGGGAGCATGGATTA176                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 184 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..184                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#148"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:                                       AAGATGATTAAGCTAAATATCAAATAGAAACCAAATCCATAGGACATATATCTTTTTAAC60                 AGCAATAATTCCAATCTAACAGATGAGAGGTAATATTCCAGAAAAAAATATTCGAAACTT120                CGATTCATCAGCGAAATGAAAGACATCAAACGAAACAGTGTCAAAACTGCTTCTTTAGAA180                ACGT184                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 325 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..325                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#149"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:                                       ACCGTTCATTTTGGAATCGTAGCACAAAACCTTCTTTGGATCTCGCGAAGGAGCTCCTAG60                 ATCTTTTTAGTGCAAATAAAATGGCGAAACGCTTTTTTTTTCACAAACAGCGGATCAGAA120                GCCAATGACACACAGGTGAAACTGGTATGGTATTACACATGCACTCGGCCAGACAAAAAG180                AAATTTATTGCTCGAACAAAATCATACCACGGATCCACCTCTCATTTCCGCTAGTCTCTC240                TGTCTTCCTGCACTACATCAGCAATTCGATCTACCAGCTCCGTTTGTCTGCATACTGACT300                GCCCTATTTGGCGCTTCATCAGCCA325                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 249 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..249                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#151"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:                                       GGACTACAAACTTTTGATGCTCTATTTCCCTTGTAAGATACTTATAAGAACTACAATGTC60                 TTAACAAGGACAGTTTTGTTCAAACTAAATATCCTTGATCCATCTGTCATGAAAGGATCT120                GAAAATACCATTGATTCAGCAAAAACTACACAAAGGACATATACTAGCAATAAAAGTTGC180                AGGAACACATACTGCCGTCAAAGAGAGTTCAGGCCAGCGACATTGTTCTATTAATCCTAC240                TGGTATCCC249                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 211 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..211                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#152"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:33:                                       AACTTAAATGAACTTCTAGCTTAAGATAAACAGTTGAACATCACCAGATAACGAAAATAC60                 CGGCGAAACGATAGGAGTTTAGTCAAGCCAAAAGTATTATTATGGATAGCAAATAATCAG120                GACAGTGATCTACTACTATGTCTTTGCAAGAAAAAACTGTTGCTACAAACTATAATTACT180                AACCGGTCTACATGTAGGGTTGATAGGCTGT211                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 302 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..302                                                           (C) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#153"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:34:                                       GGTGGTATGATCTTTGCTTTGGTTTACTGTACTGCTGGTATCTCAGGAGGACACATTAAT60                 CCAGCTGTGACATTTGGTTTGTTCTTGGCAAGGAAGTTGTCATTAACAAGGGCAGTGTTT120                TATATAGTGATGCAGTGTCTTGGTGCTATCTGTGGTGCTGGTGTTGTGAAGGGTTTTATG180                GTTGGACCCTATGAGAGACTTGGTGGTGGTGCTAATGTTGTTAATCCTGGTTACACCAAA240                GGTGATGGACTTGGTGCTGAGATTATTGGTACTTTGTCCTTGTTTACACTGTTTTCTCTG300                CC302                                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 243 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..243                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#154"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:35:                                       GGATTAGGTGATAGATATGAACCCTAGAAATAGGGGATTTTTGGCTAATTCAATTGAAAG60                 ATTGATTAGAGATCAAATTAAGGAGATCGGAGTATGTAAGGCAAGCAGTGCAAGAGGACA120                ATGGTGGAAACTATGCAAAGGCATTTCCGTTGTATATGAATGCATCGGAGTACTTCAAGA180                CCCATTTGAAGTACGAGAAGAATCCTAAGATAAAGGAGGCAATTACCCAGAAATTTACTG240                AGT243                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 272 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..272                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#155"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:36:                                       GAGCTGATTAAACCTTCCAGTGATGGAAATGCTGGTCCTGAGTTGGTTAAAGGGAGTAGA60                 AAGTCACAGATGCGAGGAAGATGGAGAGGGATTGACCCAATATTATTTTACCACGAGGAG120                ACAACAGTGGGTCAGATAAAGGCCTTCTATGGCATTAAGGAATCCTTTCCATTCAAAGGT180                CATTTGATTGTGAGGAATACTGATATCGACCATGTGAAAAGAGTTTATTATGTATCTAAA240                TCTGTGAAAGAAGTTCTTAAACTCAATTTTGT272                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 279 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..279                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#156"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:37:                                       ACCAGAAATGCAGATTGGATAGAGATGATTCCACAAAGGGAATCTTAATTGAAACAAGAA60                 GATATCCTGTGAATATATTTACAGATTGAGATAAGACTTCTATAAAACCTCAAAATTCCT120                CAATCATCTGACACCTAGCTTACTATTTTACCTGGTTCTGTCAGCCTATTTATACCAACA180                AGACCTACATCTTAAGAAATTAGAGACAGATCCTAATAATTCATCTTCATACATGTTATT240                GACATTGCCGCCATCTCGTGATTTATCCAAGCAGCAACC279                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 183 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..183                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#157"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:38:                                       AGCTGGTAACAGAATGAACCAAGGAAGAGAGCAATTTCCAGTCCATAAATAAAACTAGCA60                 TCAAAATGCCCAACAGCAGAGACCCTAGCTGCCAATAAGACATCAATTTTCTAATGTTTT120                GCCTTAACTAAATGTGCCTTTCAGCTGTGACTTCAAAAATACGAGACTCAGGTTTCTTAT180                GGG183                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 290 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..290                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#161"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:39:                                       CGAGAGAGATCCCGGTCTACAACATCACATTAGAGAGGTATTCTCAAATATACAAAACAG60                 AAACACCCCTCTATCTCTTGAAAGTTTAGCAAGTTTGTTAAATTGCAAGAATCAGTGCAT120                GCTTGTTGATAAGTCCTTGAAGATAGCTGCTCAACTTGCTGTTCAACTTGGGGGTAGATA180                TTAGACATTATATAGCCTCATTTCCTCTTCGGTGCAATAGTTAGTAACTCAAAGCTCCTA240                AGAGCATCATCCCTACCCCTCTAGTTGGCAGGTAGCCGCGGTAAGAGTAG290                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 279 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..279                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#163"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:40:                                       GGGGAAAGGCGAATGTCAAACTGGCAAACAAAGTAGAATTACATTGCAGTTTCTCCCTTA60                 CTAGTCATCAAATAAATATTCACAAATTGAAAACAGCTGTTCCCTTAACAACCCTCGATG120                AAGGGAGATTAAGAAGTAACTAAGTTCTTTCACGGAATTTATTCATTCACCCCAAGCACA180                ATAAGACATTGCTGTTACAAAAGTCCCAGACATGCCTGGAGACAATTTTGCGCATCATCC240                ATTGCATATTTCTGAGTCCAGCTACGAGCAGTGGTTTCC279                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 172 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..172                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#164"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:41:                                       GCATGGACAATATCGCCGACTGGCGGTCATTCACAGGGAACTTTTACAGGACCCAAGAGT60                 TAATTGGTCAGGCTCCAGTCTTCGAACTGAGGCTACTGGCTACGGATTGGTTTTCTTTGC120                TCAACTTATGCTTGCAGACATGAACAAAGAACTAAAAGGATTAAGGTGTGCA172                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 155 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..155                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#165"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:42:                                       AAGGAAAGTTTATGCCCCTATGGGAGCTTTTCGACTGCAGAAACTCACTCAAATTAGTAA60                 TTGAAAATGCATAGCAAGACAATATCTCACAGGCCACATATAGGCCATAATAACATGTAG120                TATGTCTTATTTAAAGAGGCGAACATTAGAACACT155                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 262 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..262                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#166"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:43:                                       AGCAGCTCAAGTGGCATGTGTAATCTCAATGTTAATAGTCACTTATAGTACTGATTGGGA60                 AGGAGCATCCTTGAAGGCAAAACAACTAGTGGGAAGAACTAATGAACTCCCATATGAAGA120                TCAACTGGTAAAAATTGAGGAGGGTAATGGATTTCTCAACGATTTAGCTTCTGAAGTGGA180                AGGAATCTAAGGATGCAATGGATGCAAGGAAAAGGAAGAGATGGCCACAGCAGAGAACAA240                GACATTACATTCTCTCAGTATT262                                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 193 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..193                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#168"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:44:                                       GGTGTTGATGGTCCAGACGTGCCTGTTGGTGCTGGTGTTGATGGTCCTAGGCTGACAGTT60                 GGGTTACCAGTAGGTTCAATTGTAGATTCGGGTGTGCCTGTAGGTGCGGTCGTAGCTTCA120                GGAGTTCCTGTTGGTGCTGGTGTTGATGGCCCAGGAGTGCCTGTAGGTGCGGTTGTAGCT180                TCAGGAGGTTCCT193                                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 206 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..206                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#169"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:45:                                       GAACGCTTATAAAGGTGTTGGCATTGTTTTAGTTACTATTTCCAGTTATTGTCCCTTTCC60                 AGCAGAATATGTTGTCTTCTTCAGGAAATGCAGATATTCCTGAGTCACCACTCATCATTA120                GAGCCATCAACTCAGATTGCAACCTTTTAAGAACAGACTGAGTATCAACCGTCTTCACAG180                TAGTCTGTGTCTGCTTTGGTGAAGGT206                                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 318 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..318                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#172"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:46:                                       AAGGGGGCAACACAATATCTAGAATGAACAAAACTTTAGATATTCGACAGGATAAGAAAA60                 TGGTAAAGGAACATAATAGTTCTACGAATTCTCAAGTATCTTCTAATCAATCTAGGGGGA120                AGGGGACACATTAACTCTTCCATCTTCACAGGTCTTGGACGCTCAAACCTGGAGGAAGTG180                ACTGCTTCAACTTGTCAGCCTTCTCAAAGTCAGACACACAGAGTGTGTAAAGGATCTGGA240                GACGCGAACCTTGAACTTAACCATATCCTTGTTCTTCTTGATCTTGACAGATCGTGCATC300                TTCCTCCTTGCTGTAAGA318                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 239 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..239                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#173"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:47:                                       CCTTCTTGCTACTATTGCCTTTTGCAGTAGTATGCAAGAGGCAATAGTAGCAAGAAGCAG60                 AGCTGAAGCCCCAACTGATGATCCTATAATGATTTTCTTACGGCTGCGATTGGTTTCCCC120                TTCGTGAAGATTAAAGTTTCCAGTATAATTCAAAATCACACCGTTATCACGAAGACCAGA180                TGTCCCAACTTACAGATAATACATCTTGAGAACAATCAGTTGAGACATCGCTAAATCGG239                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 224 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..224                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#175"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:48:                                       ACATCCCCCGGAATTCATTCTTCCATAATAGGAAGAGTATCTTGTAAAGGAAATCTCAAA60                 TTGTAAAATTGACTGCCTTGCCGGACGTACTAAGTTTAGCTATAACATCTTTTAGAAACC120                TGCCCATCCAGCAGGTTGGGACGCTGATTTGCTATCAATATTCTTTGGTTCACCAAATGC180                TGAGAATTTTTCGACTCATTGAGAGTGGCCTTTATCTGAGAGCT224                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 186 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..186                                                           (C) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#176"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:49:                                       GCCCGGCTCGGAATATTAAGTTTTAACTAGAAAATTAAAGTCCAAGTGATTTCAACATCT60                 GATTTCAAAATTTGAAACAACCACCGAGTCTAAGATGGCACGAATCTAAGAGAAGCTTGA120                ACTAGTAGGTGCACCGCCGCCAAAACCTCCAGTCCAGGCCGAATCCAGGTCTTCCACAGA180                ACCCCT186                                                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 253 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..253                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#177"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:50:                                       GGCGGTGGGTTTGGTGACGACCAATGGTGGCAGCGAGCTGATGGACCTCGAAAAAAAGTG60                 ACGGTTTTTGGACGGTGTTTGGTCGGAAAAGGAAAAGGGTCGTTCGGGGTTTCTTTTGGA120                GTGAATCTGGTGGTTGTTAGGTCCTGCTAAGGTCACGAGCTCATCGGCTGAACTCTGCTT180                TTCTGCTTCACCGGAGAAGATGAAACAATGAGAAAACATTGAATTAGAACTATGGAGAAG240                AAAGTCTGGGTGA253                                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 318 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..318                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#178"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:51:                                       GATGCCTCTAGATCTGGTGCACCTGTTAAAAACATAGGTGAGAATCTGCTTATAGCTCGA60                 GCATGGCATTGCTTAAATGTGGATGATGAGGCTAATCGTGGTAGCAGCTGCTGTGAATAG120                AAGGGCTTTTGATGCCTCTAGATCTGGTGCCACCTGTTAAAACATAGGTGAGAATCTGCT180                TATAGTCGAGCATGGCATTGCTTAAATGTGGATGATATTTTGGACAAGTCACAGAAGGAC240                CAGGCTCAACCTACATTTGCTCCTGGTGCTCCTCACCAGCCATGATATCCGTCAAGTGTG300                ATAACCTGGAATCACCTA318                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 298 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..298                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#179"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:52:                                       GGACTACAAACTTTTGATGCTCTATTTCCCTTGTAAGATACTTATAAGAACTACAATGTC60                 TTAACAAGGACAGTTTTGTTCAAACTAAATATCCTTGATCCATCTGTCATGAAAGGATCT120                GAAAATACCATTGATTCAGCAAAAACTACACAAAGGACATATACTAGCAATAAAAGTTGC180                AGGAACACATACTGCCGTCAAAAGAGAGTTCAGGCCAGCGACAATTGTTCTATTAATCCT240                ACTGGTATCCCTAGAAGTTAACTGTAGACAATCCAGAGTCTGACCACATGTTCTCAGA298                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 233 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..233                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#181"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:53:                                       GAAGTGGCGTTGGAGGATGAGATAGAGGTGGGACAAGTTGATTGTGGTACAGATAAGCCA60                 GTTTGTAATAAAGCATTACAACAGCTTTTTGTACATGATAATCAAACATTAATGAACTTC120                ATTGTCAATCATAGCAAAGTAACCAATACTGAAATAAGACAGCTATAGCCAATAGGCCAA180                GGTGTTCCTCAGTTTCCACTCTTGAATGGAATGGCTCTTATGATAACTTGGTG233                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 258 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..258                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#182"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:54:                                       CATTGGATTGTTACAGGCTAGAGAACTTGTTAGTGCCCTACCTGGGATGTTCCCTGGTAG60                 CTTGATGCCTGTACTTCTTCAAGCTGCTGTACATGTGAGAGAGAACAAGGCTGCTAAAGC120                TGAAGAAATATTGGACAGTATGTAGATAAGTTTCCTGACAGGTCCAAGGTTATCCTGCTT180                GCAAGGGCTCAGGTTGCTGCAGCTGCTGGCCATCCGAGATTGCAGCTGATTCCTTGGCGA240                AAATACCTAGATTCAACA258                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:55:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 302 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..302                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#183"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:55:                                       GGGGGTGGGGAGGAAGCAGACTTCCGGAAGGAGGGGGAAAGAACTCTTACACTATCTTGG60                 TTTTCCCTGTACCAATCCTCTCTTTTTCGCCCATCAAAGTTTGGCGTATATTCAGTCTTA120                ACATCCTCAATTTGTCTACTTCTTGGTAGTTTGTCAGTTCCGGTGTTTTATTGTATTCCA180                AAGTTCTAAGTTACCTTGGCTTAAGTGCAAACTTTAGTTTCTGTAGTAGTTACTATTTGT240                TTGTGATTTGCTAGACATTCTTTCTCGAGGCATATTTGTTGGTGATAAGCAGGTGTGCCA300                CA302                                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:56:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 288 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..288                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#187"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:56:                                       ACCAGAAATGCAGATTGATAGAGATGATTCCACAAAGGGAATCTTAATTGAAACAAGAAG60                 ATATCCTGTGAATATATTTACAGATTGAGATAAGACTTCTATAAAACCTCAAAATTCCTC120                AATCATCTGACACCTAGCTTACTATTTTACCTGGCTTCTGTCAGCCTATTTATACCAACA180                AGACCTACATCTTAAGAAATTAGAGACAGATCCTAATAATTCATCTCACTACATGTTATT240                GACATTGCGCCATCTCGTGATTTTATCCAAAGCAGCAACCTTAGCTCG288                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:57:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 245 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..245                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#197"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:57:                                       GGATGGAATCACAAAAACATAATTTACTGAAACCATCCCAAAAATTGGCATAGGTATAAT60                 AAATATATTGAGGTTAAAATTGTCAAAATTTGAAGCGCTAACGACTAACAAATGAAGATT120                CAGTATCGTAGTAGAGGGTTGCTGTGAGGCGAGGGAGGAGATCCTTGTGTGAGTGAGATT180                TGCTTGAATCGATGGACAATAAAAACTCATACAGCTCTTATAGATCATTCATGTCACCTA240                CCTAA245                                                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:58:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 153 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..153                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#198"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:58:                                       AAGGAAAGTTTATGCCCCTATGGAGCTTTTCGACTGCAGAAACTCACTCAAATTAGTAAT60                 TGAAAATGCATAGCAAGACAATATCTCACAGGCCACATATAGGCCATAATACATGTAGTA120                TGTCTTATTTAAAGAGACGAACATTAGAACACT153                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:59:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 239 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..239                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#199"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:59:                                       AGTGTTGGAGAATCAATCTGTAGAATACCGCTTACGGATTTCCATTAGATTTGACCCAGT60                 TAATGGTAGAGGAACGAGGCTTGGTTGTTGATGTTGATGGTTTTAATGTTGCTATGGATG120                CTGCCAGGGAAAGATCAAGAAATGCTCAGAGCAAGAATGCCAGTGGTGCTATTGCCATGG180                ATGCTGACGCATCTGCAGCATTGCACAAGAAGTATCATTTGTTGCAGCGACCCTTCTTG239                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:60:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 278 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..278                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#201"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:60:                                       CGTCAATCGTTAATTGGATTCAATATGAGTGGCTGGGTTGCTTACATCCAATCTTTGACT60                 GACAGCTGCAATGTTATCTCCAGAGCGGCTATTGTTGGACTTAATGATGGAGGTAGTGTT120                TGGGCTCGAACGGAAGGCGACAAAGAATTAAGGCTACCGTGTCGGAACTCAAGAAGTTTG180                TTGAACTCTTTGACAATCTTGATAGTGTTCCAGGAACTGCCGCAGATCTAGAAGGTGTTC240                ACTACATTGTACCGAGAACTGAGGAGAACCTCATTTTT278                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:61:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 261 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..261                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#203"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:61:                                       GAAGCCAGAAATCGATGTTTGATACATGTCTGGCATTGTCACAGGTGAATGGGAACTAAT60                 ATGACTTTACATCAACAAGAAAAATGTAAACGCAGCAGGAGCAGTTACAGCTTTGCTAGA120                AGAAGAAGCATTTTCTCTAATAGAAACAGTAAATATTAGCAAATAGAAGGCAAAGGTGCA180                GAATGTTTACAGCATTACAGTTGAGCTAAATTCGAAATACAGGTTTGATTCTTCTATGCC240                CCGTCTGACTGACAAAGTTGG261                                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:62:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 178 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..178                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#205"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:62:                                       AAACGTTTTAAAAAGTTTTGGAATTAAGTTTTCAACAGCAATTTCACTACATTAATCTGG60                 TCAAAGTAATACATTAATAACTTATTAAAACTCTCCTAAAATTCTCATACTGAACAACTA120                CATATTCCTCATAAGTCATATATTTCATTCCTCTTCCAGTTAGTTTTCTTCTTCACGA178                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:63:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 244 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..244                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#207"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:63:                                       AATCTAAGCTCCAAGAACTAGTCCATAGTTTTTTTTTCTGTGTGCCCTAAAGACCATAAC60                 TTAGAGCCCAAATCTTTTTCTACATCAGCAAAACAACGATTTGGTGTACCAAACTGTTTG120                GAACTCGGACCATTGATGCTAATCATTCCAAGCTGGTGTAGAATTTACGCATTGGCTGCT180                GGTTGTAATGGCTCTTCTCTTTCTTCTTGCTGCAGCAAGCCTGGCACTCCCTGCAGCAGC240                CTCT244                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:64:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 278 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..278                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#208"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:64:                                       ATTTCAAGGTAGGTAATCCAATACAAAGCTAATATTTGAAGGAACTGTGTTTGCAGTTAA60                 AGACAACTACAAATAAATGTTCATGTTCATGGATGGGTTCGGGTAGAGTATTTTTCAGAA120                ATAGCAGAGGCGAGAGTGTTGCTATTGTTAAGCCACAGATGAAGAACCATTTGCGCCAAA180                CAATCCTAAAGGATTTGTGGGCAAGCTCTTGGGCAGCCAGGCTTAAACGATCAGTCAGAG240                TTGGGAAACAGGGTAAGCGGCCGCATGACATGCTTGAG278                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:65:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 155 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..155                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#209"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:65:                                       AAGGAAAGTTTATGCCCCTATGGGAGCTTTTCGACTGCAGAAACTCACTCAAATTAGTAA60                 TTGAAAATGCATAGCAAGACAATATCTCACAGGCCACATATAGGCCATAATAACATGTAG120                TATGTCTTATTTAAAGAGACGAACATTAGAACACT155                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:66:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 312 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..312                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#210"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:66:                                       AGCAGAGCCGAATTAAGAATTAGAAGATGAAAGCATATGCAATTGCACTCATTGTCTGTG60                 GATCTGTTGCAGCAGCTCTAGTTTTAATATCGTGTTGTTTTTACAAAATTGGCCGAAAGA120                AAAAGAGTTCCCCAGTGACTCGGTATGTGACCAGTGGTTCTCCGGTTATTCCTCTGCCGC180                CGAAGCCTTTACCAGCAAATCGTGATGTTGAAAGGGCGAAATTAAACCAAGACAATACAG240                CAATGAGAGATGGTGGAATGGTAATTCTAGGTGCGGCTGCTGCTGCAACAGTTGTCACGC300                GTGTTATCGACA312                                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:67:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 186 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..186                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#212"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:67:                                       GCCCGGCTCGGAATATTAAGTTTTAACTAGAAAATTAAAGTCCAAGTGATTTCAACATCT60                 GATTTCAAAATTTGAAACAACCACCAAGTCTAAGATGGCACGAATCTAAGAGAAGCTTGA120                ACTAGTAGGTGCACCGCCGCCAAAACCTCCAGATCCAGGCCGAATCCAGGTCTTCCACAG180                AACCCT186                                                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:68:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 189 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..189                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#214"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:68:                                       GCAGTCACAGGAATATATACTTGAGACTGGGTCTGCAAGGAAATGTTATTGCCCGAACTG60                 ATAGGACGGATGCTTGTTATGGGCAATGAACTTCCTGAACCATTGACACCATTTGAACAG120                TCTTCTTCGGTGGACTCACCGGACTTAGATGTCGGAGAATGTGACGCTTCAGATCCCATG180                TAAAACCTA189                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:69:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 290 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..290                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#215"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:69:                                       CTGGAGAACAGTTTAATGAATATTTTCATTTAGCTCTCACGTTCATTCTCATTTACCGAA60                 GCAAAGAGAATTTTATCAAAATGGTTCACTGTACATGTAAAGAAACACGCCTATACAAGT120                GTAAAATTGTTGCTGAACATGTGAAAACATATGTACAAAACCTATCCTGCATTCCATGTG180                GTGCTGTCCGCACCATGGGCACAACAGAAACAGTCTACACGGAGTGCGGCATAGAGAGGG240                AGAGCGCATATGGTCGCGTGAGAGGACCAGCCACACGACTGAGCAGCCTG290                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:70:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 238 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..238                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#216"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:70:                                       AGAGTAAAGGCAAAGGGTTGTTATTCTGTAAGGTATTCACTAAATCTCAGTTACTGCAGT60                 ATAAATAGATGATGGAGGAAACACTGCTAGCTACATAATTGATCCCCTCCCTATTCTCAT120                TTCTTGTTCAATGTATTACCAATGTCTAGCACAAAACGATATTTCACGTCCGATTTCAAA180                AGACGTTCCAACGCGGTGTTAACGTACTCATTGGCACCATTCAATATCTGGTGTTATG238                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:71:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 260 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..260                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#217"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:71:                                       AAGAGGCTACAAAATACATCAAACTTTATAGTAAAACATTCTTAGAAGTCCAAAAATCAC60                 TAGTAAATTCCTGGGATAACTCTGTAAGGAACCTTTTCACAATACAATTTCCAGTACTTG120                CCATACTTTGCCTTGCATCGGTCATCGTCCCTTTTAGCTCGATCGAGAAGGAGGATTATT180                AGAAAGATGACGTAGAAGTAGGGAATGAGTGGTTGAAAAGAGCTGGTACACTCAGAAAAT240                GCCGTAATATTTCTGGACTA260                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:72:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 124 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..124                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#218"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:72:                                       AAGACCCCAACAGAGAATTTAGTTGTTATTTGAGGTTGAAACGAAAGCTAAACGCATTCT60                 TAGCAACTACCACTTCCTCCCCCTAAAATAAAATAAAACCCAGCATTTTCGAGGTGGTCC120                TAAC124                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:73:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 263 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..263                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#220"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:73:                                       GAGATGGTGTTTGCTAAGGGAGACCCCGGCATTGCTGCTTTATACGACAAGCTTCTGGTT60                 TCTGAAGATTTGTGGTCCTTCGGTGAGCTTTTGAGGTCTGACTATGAGGAGACAAAGAGC120                CTCCTGCTTAAGGTTGCTGGACACAAGGAACTTCTGGAGAACGATCCCTCCTTAAAACAA180                CGATTCAGGCTGCGTGATTCCTATATCACTACTTTAATGTCTGCCAAGCTTACACATAAA240                GAGGATTCGTGATCCAACTACAA263                                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:74:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 253 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..253                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#221"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:74:                                       ACCGTGAGGGGGATTTTTAGGGGCCTAATTTTGTTGGGACTCTGTTCCTTGCTACTGGTC60                 GCGCCTTGGTAATATGTAAAAATGGCAGACGAAGTTTAGGTTGAACAATGAGGAAGCAAC120                TTTAAACATTTGTAGTCCCATTAAGCAGAGTGGTGAGCTGCAAATGGTATCTGCTATATC180                CTATGGGGTTTAGAGTAGACCAAGGTACAAATATAGAGCGCCTTGATATTGAGGCACTAA240                TGTGTATTGAAGT253                                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:75:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 196 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..196                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#222"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:75:                                       GGGGGGCCTCTTTTGTAAACTTATCTGTGAGCAGTGACCAACGTCTCTATAAACCTCAAT60                 CCATCAAATCTGGGCGCAAATTTATCTGTAGATGTTGATGCTTTCACCGATTTTGAACAA120                TCTTCACCAGTTTTCTTCAAATTATCGTCCTTGTGAAGAGAAATTCGAACTTTGGATACA180                GAAGAGACGGTGACCG196                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:76:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 148 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..148                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#223"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:76:                                       ATCCCACTTAGGCTGATAAAGAAATATTAGGGGTAGAGAATATTCCAGTATTAATTAAAT60                 TGACTCTACCAATAAGCTTAAGAAAGTCGCTAATTATGACTGCTCAAAGTTCCTAAGACA120                AGTCCAGGTGAAGGATTTCTTATGCAAG148                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:77:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 99 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..99                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#224"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:77:                                       GAGTTATGAACTTACTTTATGATATTCAAATACGAACAAGCTAAAAATATGTTTAGCTTT60                 ATTTTCAGGACATAAGAGTCATACATCGTTCAGCGCTTG99                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:78:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 226 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..226                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#226"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:78:                                       AAGAAAGAAAAAAAGAGGTGAAGAAATTGTAAGAAAAACTGTTGTTACAAGGAAATGTCA60                 CTTCACCATTAAAATTTTGGAAAAAACATGGACACAATCCCTTTCAATGGGTGGTGCTTC120                AAGATATAACATAACGAAGTTAAAGAAATAGATGAGAGGGGGGAAAGACAACACAAGACA180                ATGTTTTCCCCCTTTATATTAAAAGACATGTTTTTTTGTTTTATGT226                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:79:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 276 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..276                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#227"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:79:                                       CACATGCTGGCAAGGGTATATTAGCACGTCCATCACTGATGGTCCTGGATGCTTGATGTT60                 GCGCTGTCCTGCTCCAGGGTGTGATTATGCAGTTGACTATATTGTTGGTAGTGGAAGCTA120                TGATGTTACTTGTGGGTGCTCATATAGTTTCTGCTGGAATTGTACCGAGGAACTCATCGC180                CCAGTTGATTGTGGAACTGTGTCTAGTGGATTTGAAGAACAGTGCAGAGTCTGAGAACAT240                GAACTGATATTAGCTAATTCTAAGCCTTGTCCGAAT276                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:80:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 245 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..245                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#228"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:80:                                       GGTGCAGTTACTCTATCTTTGCTATAGCCTGGTTGTCATAAAGTTGTGGTGCATACAAAA60                 GTTTGGATAGTTTCCAAAGATGTGAAGATGATTAACTATTTTATCACTTTGTAGGAGTGG120                AAAAGGGCTCGAAGGACCCACAGAGGGAGAAAGTGGGGAAAATAACTATTGATCAATTGA180                AGGTAATTGCTCAAGAGAAGTTGCCGGATCTTAATTGTTCTACTATTGAATCTGCAATGA240                GGATA245                                                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:81:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 233 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..233                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#230"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:81:                                       AAGCCAAGTTTCTATGACCAGAAGCAGTCACATACAAGTCCATGCTCAGTAATTATAGAA60                 GCAGTCACATACAAGTCCATGCTCAGTAATTATAACTGTTTCGCCACATCAAAATTCAAT120                ATCTATCATATAGAGCTGTGCCAAAGGCAAATAAACATAACTGTTTTTGCCCAAGCTAAA180                TCTAACGTAACGACTTTCAATTGCCTCGTATTGGGATCTGCCATCACATAATG233                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:82:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 174 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..174                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#231"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:82:                                       CGGGACCACAGAAACACAACACACACCGGATACAGAGAAACAAGGACCGGCATTGTCTTC60                 TGTAGGACAGACACAACGACTTCAACCAAGTTCCACAGAAACTAGGACCCGGACTCAAAC120                AAAACCTTCACCGTAAAGTTCCACACGTTAAACAACAATATCCACCCTAAGAGT174                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:83:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 287 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..287                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#232"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:83:                                       AAGAGAACGAAACGCACGTAATGGTTATCATAGCTTTCCACAATTTCACATTAACCAAAA60                 CAATTGCACTACTTGTAGGCTAATGAACTGGTGATGGTTGAGAAACTGGAGATGTTTATT120                AGTGAAGGAAAAACACAGAACAGGTTTAAACACACTGGAAACATAAATAACAGAAGACTG180                CTGCAGAAGTCACACTGAACTCATACCAAAGACCATTTCAACTGCTACATTAGACTAGAA240                GAGACCTTCCATGACTGCCACAGCTTCCTCTCAGCATACCTCTGCTC287                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:84:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 277 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..277                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#233"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:84:                                       ACCCATCAAAAAGTGTATTTATACTCTCAGTGCACATATGTTCAGCACTCGTGCTGTCTG60                 ATCTAGGGCCAAAACTGCGCACAGGTCACAACCTGCAATCACCTCATTACACATTTGAGA120                AATGAGCAAAATAATACTTCCACATTCAGCATAAAACAAAAGTTCATCTGACGTTGAATC180                TGTTTAAGAATGAGATGATGAATCTGTTTTCTCAGCCAAATAGTGCTCAAGCATATCTCT240                CATCATCATCTCACTCATCACTCGAATCATATCATCC277                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:85:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 255 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..255                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#234"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:85:                                       GTGGCCCTCAACTAAGTTGGCCAATTTATTGGATCATTTTAATTAACTAATAACTGAAAT60                 ATCAGAGAGACAACGTTCCTCATATCTGCAAGAAGCTAAAAAGGCGGCAACGTCGGTGCC120                CTTACATGTATGTGCTGCACGACCTTAAAAAGTCAAAATTTGAAAGAAGATGATCTTCCT180                ACATATTTACACTGTTTGTAGCAAAAGAACACCGCAAAAGAAAAATCCTGTCTCATCATC240                GACAAGCAGGTGCCA255                                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:86:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 202 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..202                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#236"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:86:                                       GAGAAGGGGGAAAGGGGGAGCTCGGAGGGAGGGTGAGGAAATGTTTACACCCTCTCCCCC60                 GCATGCTGAGGTCCCTCCACCAACTTAAGGAAGCAAAATTACTACAGCAAATTTCTGAAA120                TTTAGCAAAGAGGAACAAAACAATTGCAACCACTGATTTCCTGCTTGTCTGCTTGGCCGG180                GTGTGCGTCGCCGTGTTGGGCT202                                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:87:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 77 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..77                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#239"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:87:                                       AGTGAAGGCGGCGGCGGCGGCAGAGGAGGTATGATTATTTTGGTGTTTAGAGGGCATGGA60                 GGGTCACGTGTAGCGAA77                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:88:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 222 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..222                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#240"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:88:                                       AAAGCAACACAAACCTCTTCATTTCATCTGGCAAAAAAGTACAATCAATCACTCAAAATT60                 GACTTATAACTCATAACAGTAGGAATCCTAAATAGATGGGAAATTAACAGAAGCATTATT120                CAATGAACTGACAAAGACAATATGTCATCATGTAAGGTCTAATGAACCAAAAATGCAATG180                CTGATATGGAAATGAAATTAGTAGATTGAGATCTTCTCGCAG222                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:89:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 309 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..309                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#241"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:89:                                       CCAAGATACTGATTACTGTTTTCTGTTGAACCGGCATGTCTGTATCTTGTGTATATAGTT60                 TAATTCTGGAGCATGATGGCTAAAATGAGATCTTGATAACTAGGCATAGTAATTGATAAA120                TGTGTGTCTTTAAGCATGATATAGAGGTACACCACAGCATTACCCTAAGTCTAAAATTCA180                AACTAGGTGTCTAATAATCTGGTAGAGTGATGAGAGTTCAAGTGAGTGTGAGGAAGATTT240                GAATAGTCCATATTTGTACTGAGCTAGAACTTGGCTGATCCTGAGCCTGTATTACGCTAA300                GAAGTCCTA309                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:90:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 246 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..246                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#244"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:90:                                       AGAAGTGCTGGAGGCCCTTCTTCTGCAACAATAGTCTTCACACAATCAACAATGCTCTTG60                 TATTGATTGGCAGAACCCTGAGTCATTAATCTCGTCTTAATGACATCAAGAGGAGTAGTT120                ATAGCTCCAGTTAGAGCACCAGCAAAAGCACCGATAACTGCATTCTCTGGATCATTCAAT180                TCCCTTTTTGCAGCCAGCTTATAACCTATCCGCAGCTGCTCATAGTAACGACTGGATGGC240                ATCAAC246                                                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:91:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 205 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..205                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#246"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:91:                                       GCGGAGGAGAACATCTCCGTGTTGCTGAAGTTTGCCTTCCAGGTCGTCTATTTTCGACGT60                 TGGTGGTTGGATCACGCGTCCGTCGGAGCTCGGAGGTTTCACCTGAGACGACGTCGCCGC120                AGCTGGCTTTGCGGTTGTTTCTCCACGAGTTCACTGGGACTGTTTGGTTGCTCACCGAGA180                GCTCGTGCTTTGTTGTTGTTGTTGC205                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:92:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 107 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..107                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#247"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:92:                                       GGCGGCGTTGTGAAGCCTTATCATGCTTATACGCCATCTGGGTAGCGTATGGTGAGCCTT60                 TTTTTTGAAGTTATGGGAAGGAAAAGGACTATATTCCCCTTGGTCGA107                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:93:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 209 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..209                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#249"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:93:                                       AGACCCACAAATCAAACTCAAACAAATTCAATTTAGAACTCATTGGATAAAGGAGCATGT60                 TCTTGTGTCATGAACACATTTGTGTAAATAAGACCAGCCAAACTACCACCAACTAATGGA120                CCAATCCAGTAGATCCAGAAACCCTCAAAGTTACCACTAACCATTGCAGGTCCAAATGAA180                CGAGCTGGGTTCATTGATCCACCGGAGAA209                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:94:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 199 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..199                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#250"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:94:                                       CTCACATATCAATGATTTTCTAGCGGACGGCAAAATCCTTACAAGTCTAGAAACTCAATG60                 ATGTGTAAAGGCTCAATCCATGCGAGCAGAATAAAACCCTAGATACCATAGAGGGAGAGG120                AGGAAAACGGAGAAAGCAGTGGTGGGACGAAGCTTACTGGATTGGAATGTGTGTAGGTGG180                AGTGATGGATGGACCTGAA199                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:95:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 211 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..211                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#252"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:95:                                       AATTAATAAATCTCCATTCATTTCCATTCAAGAGAACTTTGTAAACAAGGATCCACAGGG60                 TAACATCACGGTAACAATAGAGGTCAAAAGCAGAACACTAACAGTAACCAGGGCAAAACC120                ATAAACGTAACTTCATCAACACTTCGAAACCATAAGTAAGTTCAGACGAGACCAATCTAA180                AAAGCCAACAGAAAATCTAATCCTTATCGGC211                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:96:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 203 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..203                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#255"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:96:                                       TGAATATGATGGCCCTCGTAAGATTTAATATGAATTGAGCCTTTGGAGTTTGAATATGAA60                 TGATGATCTTGGCGATTTGAATATGAATGGCCCTTTGGCGTCTTGAATGGCAATGGCCTT120                TTGGCATTTGAATATGATGACCTTGGCAGCTTGATATATGCTTTGGCATTTATATGATGC180                TTTGGCAGTTTGAGTAGCGGCCG203                                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:97:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 184 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..184                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#256"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:97:                                       CCCTATCACTCAGATTGCTAAAAAAAAAACACTTCCATTTGCAGCATCTGATTACCACAA60                 TTTTTCCTGGTAATTCAAAAAAAAAAAACCATACTATTACATTAAAGGACGAACCTTTTA120                GTTGAAATAATTGTCACCACGAATATGAAACTGGACTTCTAACTTGGTTTTGAGCATTGT180                TACC184                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:98:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 188 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..188                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#263"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:98:                                       AGGGTCGCATGTTGGTAAGGAGCCACAGAAGTTTATTGATGAGGTCAATAAAATATTTGG60                 TATGATGTCAATAACTGCGTCGTTATAGGTGAGATTGGCATCCTCCAAACTCAAGGATCG120                TGACGCACATAGGTTTACTCAGTGGAAAGACACAACATGATTTTGGAGAACTCAGTAAGC180                GGCCGCAT188                                                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:99:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 193 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..193                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#264"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:99:                                       GTTGAGGATCTGAATCAACCTCGTCAAATGCTCGTGGAGATGCTTTGTGAAGAACGCGGT60                 CTATTTCTGGAAATAGCTGACATAATAATAGGATTGGGCTTGACCATCTTAAAAGGGGTT120                ATGGAAACGAGGAACGACAAAATATGGGCGAAATTCGCTTAGAGGCAAATAGAGACTACG180                AGATGAATATTCA193                                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:100:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 218 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..218                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#265"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:100:                                      GGATGCTGATCTTGGTGGGGATGTTGACTCGAGCAAGAGTACGTCCGGGTACATTTACAC60                 CATAGGTGGAAAAGCAGTAAGTTGGATGTCCGTGTCTTTAGAAGTATGTTTCTCTTTCAT120                CCACTAAAGCTGAGTTTGTGGCAATAGCTGAAGCTGGGAAAGAGATGATATGGATGGCAG180                ATTATCTTGAGGAATTGGGCAAGAAGCAAAGCAGAATT218                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:101:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 193 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..193                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#266"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:101:                                      GGCAAACAAAGTAGAATTACATTGCAGTTTCTCCCTTACTAGTCATCAAATAAATATTCA60                 CAAATTGAAACACAGCTGTTCCCTTAACAACCCTATGAAGGGAGATTAAGAAGTAACTAA120                GTTCGTTTCACGGAACCTTTATTCATTGCACCCCAAGCACATAGACATTGCTGTTACAGT180                CCAGCTGCTCCGG193                                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:102:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 131 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..131                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#275"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:102:                                      CAGATCATCAATGACCGGGAAACTGGTAGATCTAGAGGATCTTGATGGTCGCAACATCAC60                 CGTGAACGGAGCTCAATCACGCGGAGGGGCTGGAGGTGGAGGTGGAAGAGGCGGGGGTGG120                TTAGGAGGTGC131                                                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:103:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 220 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..220                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#277"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:103:                                      GCAGTGGGCACATTGTTAGGAGCAATGACAGGAGCTTTGATAGGTCAAGAAACTAAAGTG60                 GATTCATTAGAGGTGCCGCGGTTGGAGCCATTTCTGGTGCTGTTTTCTCTCTTGAGGTCT120                TTGAGTCATCTCTGATACTATGGCACTCTGATGAATCCGGAGTTGGATGTGTTCTGTACT180                GATTGATGTAATAGCTAGCTTGTTAAGTGGTAGACTAGTT220                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:104:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 323 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..323                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#279"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:104:                                      AACTAAGAATGCTTAGATGCTGAAATAACCTTGCATGTTGAAGCAACACAAAAACTGAAT60                 AAAATTTTGACAATGTCCTAATATCACAAGGACACGAATAGGCAAGTGAACATACCCATA120                TCTCTAATGCAGAGCCCTACTGATCCAAATATGAACATGGACTACATGGTTAAAAATTTT180                ACACTCAGATGAATTAAGCAAGTTGGCACAGAAGAGGTTTTGGTGCCCAACAGAAGAGTG240                GATCTCACCAAGAGCCGCCTCTACCAAGGTTTGAGGTCACCAACTGGCCAGCAGTCCAGT300                TTAAGGCTCTCCCCGGCTTCAGT323                                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:105:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 336 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..336                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#280"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:105:                                      ATCTAACAGTTGAAGGAGCAGAAGAATTAGAAAGCCACGGAGGAAGAAGAGTTTGTGGCG60                 TAGGAGTTGAGGCATCGGCGTGGAGGAAACCTCCATTAGAAGTAGCCATAGGTAAACCTG120                GGACACTCCTTTCTTTCACAATCTTTTCTGCAAAGGTTTCGAGAACGTGATCGTATTTTC180                CATCGTCTACTGGATCACACCTTGTTGTTTTCTTTCTGCTCTCTCTGTTGCCTTCTCTTT240                GAAACTTCCCACCACTTTCCTAATCTTTTAGCAGTTCGACCTGGTACTTCAGCTGCTATT300                TTTCTCCATTTGTTACCGTGTTTGGCTTGTAGTTGA336                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:106:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 278 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..278                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#288"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:106:                                      ACTTGAGAAATACTTTGTTTAGTCTAAAACAGGAAAAAGTACAATTTGCCTTCTGGAGAA60                 GAATAAGATCTTTGTCTCAACTCACAAGCTAATAATACTAAACAAGCAAATGAAAGGGTA120                GAAAACCTAGCTAAAGAGCTTCAGGAAAACAGATAATACATGCCAAACGGCAATAATATA180                GTATTCCAAGTTGCGCATCACCCATAGCAACACCATGACTTCCATTACACATGACTGGAA240                ACTTATTGGTAACCAAAATTATGGGTATCAGCGCAGCC278                                      (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:107:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 175 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..175                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#289"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:107:                                      TACTCACTAGGAGCACAAGGTTGAAGTTCTATTTATAACAAAAATATGGAATAAAACAGG60                 AAAGCAAAACTTCAAAATTCAAAACACAAGGCACTTCCATTAAAGTGCTTTCATGAAATT120                CTAAATTCTCCTCAAAATTCTAAACAGGAAAACTAATTTAGACTGATCCGATTTT175                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:108:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 112 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..112                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#291"                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:108:                                      GTGAATTTCTAGAGCGTTGTGAGCAAGATGATGGATTTCTTGAAGGTTTTATGAGGAAGA60                 GTAGATGGAATGACGGGCATGCTTCCAAGTCAGCAAAGGACGATGGGAAAGA112                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:109:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 825 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                              (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                          (A) ORGANISM: Lycopersicon esculentum cv `Rutgers Large                        Red`                                                                           (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..825                                                           (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="DB#L23762"                       (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:109:                                      CTCTTCTTCCATTTCTTTCAAAATTAAAGTATTGTTACTCTGCTATTGGCTCAAAACCTC60                 TGCAATCTCCGTCTCCTTCAATTTCAACTCAAGCAAATCCACCTCTTTCACTAGTTTCAT120                CACTTTCAGATCAGGGTTTGGAGTTGAAGGTACGGGGGGCTAATTGATGGCGTCGAAGAG180                GATATTGAAGGAGCTCAAGGATCTGCAGAAGGATCCCCCCACATCATGCAGTGCTGGTCC240                AGTGGCAGAGGATATGTTCCATTGGCAAGCAACAATCATGGGGCCTACCGATAGCCCTTA300                TGCTGGAGGTGTATTTTTGGTTTCAATTCATTTCCCTCCAGATTATCCTTTTAAGCCTCC360                AAAGGTTGCCTTCAGAACTAAGGTTTTCCATCCCAACATCAACAGCAATGGAAGTATTTG420                TCTGGATATTCTTAAGGAGCAGTGGAGTCCAGCATTAACCATATCCAAGGTCCTGCTGTC480                CATCTGCTCTCTGTTGACAGACCCAAACCCAGATGATCCTCTTGTACCTGAAATTGCTCA540                CATGTACAAGACTGACAGGGCCAAATACGAAACCACTGCTCGTAGCTGGACTCAGAAATA600                TGCAATGGGATGATGCGCAAAATGTCTCCAGGCATGTCTGGGACTTTGTAACAGCAATGT660                CTTATGTGCTTGGGGTGAATGAATAAATTCCGTGAAAGAACTTAGTTACTTCTTAATCTC720                CCTTCATGAGGGTTGTTAAGGGAACAGCTGTTTTCAATTTGTGAATATTTATTTGATGAC780                TAGTAAGGGAGAAACTGCAATGTAATTCTACTTTGTTTGCCAGTT825                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:110:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 26 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (oligo)                                                (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..26                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="P35"                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:110:                                      GTAAGCGGCCGCAGCGTCAGTAACTC26                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:111:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 22 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (oligo)                                                (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..22                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="P36"                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:111:                                      TACTGACGCTGCGGCCGCTTAC22                                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:112:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 35 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (primer)                                               (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..35                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="P39"                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:112:                                      ACTCTTGGGCCGAGTTGGCCTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT35                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:113:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 24 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (primer)                                               (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..24                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="P40"                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:113:                                      ACTCTTGGGCCGAGTTGGCCTTTT24                                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:114:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                      (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (primer)                                               (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: misc.sub.-- feature                                              (B) LOCATION: 1..18                                                            (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /standard.sub.-- name="P46"                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:114:                                      GGCCAAGTTGGCCTTTTT18                                                           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What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated polynucleotide capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid having the sequence of SEQ. ID. No.
 17. 